October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
recommends a mammogram yearly or every other year for women considered average risk, beginning at age 40 through age 75. But, if you’re genetically predisposed or present with other risk factors, that guidance changes. While 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point, the lifetime risk of breast cancer in men is about
From 2013 to 2017, the breast cancer death rate was 40% higher in Black women than it was in white women, despite slightly fewer Black women actually being diagnosed with the disease. This is magnified among Black women under 50, among whom the death is double that of white women, according to the new report.
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