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With its "RE/MAX: Racing for Life" slogan, 2002 marked the beginning of a remarkable partnership between RE/MAX International and the National Series Breast Cancer Survivor Recognition Program at all Komen Race for the Cure® events.
The Facts About Breast Cancer
- During the 1990's, approximately 1.8 million women and 12,000 men were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.
- This year, an estimated 182,800 women and 1,400 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.
- Approximately 40,000 women and 400 men will die of breast cancer this year.
- Breast cancer is the leading cancer cited among American women and is second only to lung cancer in cancer deaths.
- When breast cancer is confined to the breast, the five year survival rate is over 95 percent.
Monthly self checks and annual mammograms are critical to early detection of breast cancer. Death rates from the disease are decreasing among most groups, and the number of survivors is growing due to discovery of cancer in its early stages, when it is most treatable.