Healthy Breasts For Every Woman

1. You have a 1 in 9 lifetime risk of getting breast cancer.
2. Breast cancer is increasing by 1% each year.
3. Currently, 45,500 women and 300 men are diagnosed every year.
4. 12,300 women die every year from breast cancer.
5. Most commonly diagnosed cancer in women under 35.
6. Most common cause of death in women aged 35 - 54.

These are just figures.  What brings them home is that we all know someone who has had breast cancer and had to cope with the huge emotional strain, the damaging effects of treatment and uncertainty about the future.

1. The current approach to breast cancer is not working. 
2. All the money which has been spent on research has not brought a decrease in breast cancer rates.
3. Too much focus is being put on cancer drugs and treatment rather than prevention and breast health.
4. Women are receiving very little advice on what they can do to protect their breasts.  Very few surgeries offer Well Woman clinics. 

 Useful links:

For more details on breast health, go to www.bestthinkpink.com.

For more details on breast cancer risk factors, go to www.nomorebreastcancer.org.uk.