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Breast Cancer in the United States
Staying Well
Mammography can identify breast cancer at an early stage, usually before physical symptoms develop when the disease is most treatable. Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 40 and continuing for as long as a woman is in good health.

At this time, breast cancer cannot be prevented, which is why regular mammograms are so important. Still, there are things women can do to lower their risk of developing breast cancer. Women’s best overall preventive health strategies are to:

To find the Society’s complete breast cancer early detection and nutrition and physical activity guidelines, visit cancer.org.

Maintain a healthy body weight
Engage in regular physical activity
Reduce alcohol consumption

Getting Well
The Society offers people facing breast cancer free services to overcome daily challenges, like transportation, lodging, guidance through every step of the cancer experience, and information to help them make decisions about their care.

Trained American Cancer Society volunteers who are also breast cancer survivors provide one-on-one support to newly diagnosed patients through the Society’s Reach to Recovery^® program.

The Society partners with volunteer beauty professionals to deliver Look Good…Feel Better, a community-based free service. It teaches women beauty tips to look better and feel good about how they look during chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

Working to Find Cures
The Society has spent more on breast cancer research than on any other cancer having invested more than $388.4 million in breast cancer research grants since 1971. The majority of the Society’s basic cancer research projects also have a potential benefit for breast cancer.

The Society has been an important part of many major breast cancer research breakthroughs in recent history, including mammography to screen for breast cancer, the development of tamoxifen and herceptin, and knowledge that genetics, diet, lack of exercise, and moderate drinking increase a person’s cancer risk.Mammography can identify breast cancer at an early stage, usually before physical symptoms develop when the disease is most treatable. Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 40 and continuing for as long as a woman is in good health.

To find the Society’s complete breast cancer early detection and nutrition and physical activity guidelines, visit cancer.org.

Maintain a healthy body weight
Engage in regular physical activity
Reduce alcohol consumption

You walk for a reason

Your involvement with Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is as unique and special as the story that motivates you. Each step you take is personal. And each step is helping to save lives. More than a walk, the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer describes the progress we’re making together to fight this disease, provide comfort and hope, and save lives from breast cancer.

Thanks to you, and the many others who participate and donate to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, we are able to make a difference, make history, and make strides.

Whether this is your first Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event or your 15th, we hope you'll lend your support to the American Cancer Society.

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What is Making Strides?

Making Strides events are noncompetitive walks ranging in distance from 3 to 5 miles. The event unites people of all ages with a common goal to fight breast cancer and save lives. Chances are, you’ve been affected by breast cancer in some way, and Making Strides gives you the power to fight back and make a difference.

No matter how much you raise, every dollar saves lives. We’ve provided fun and easy-to-use online tools that allow you to personalize your experience. Whether you upload a photo, tell your story, or add your fundraising thermometer to your Facebook page, you can make this experience your own and share with others your reason for making strides.

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An estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the United States during 2009.

About 1,910 men in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009.
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed non-skin cancer in women.
An estimated 40,610 breast cancer deaths (40,170 women and 440 men) are expected in 2009.
Breast cancer ranks second among cancer deaths in women (after lung cancer).
The five-year survival rate for breast cancer is 98 percent among individuals whose cancer has not spread beyond the breast at the time of diagnosis.