"The National Breast Cancer Foundation estimates that each year, over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and over 40,000 die. One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Approximately 1,700 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 450 will die each year.
If detected early, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer exceeds 96%. Mammograms are among the best early detection methods, yet 13 million U.S. women 40 years of age or older have never had a mammogram."
Incidentally, it's worth mentioning that you can also help support several other charities in this same fashion. Once on the donation site, you can switch charities by clicking the tabs across the top of the screen.
You are already there, so you might as well help the dogs, the hungry, and the rainforest. (i'm sure there's a
limerick in there somewhere.)
