KAFE cares about our community…AND YOU! October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Early detection is SO IMPORTANT when it comes to breast cancer. From early detection to lowering your risks, get important facts and details to keep yourself healthy.
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Mt. Baker Imaging’s Mammogram Party
Join KAFE 104.1 on Friday, October 24th, for this year’s Mammogram Party at the Mount Baker Imaging Women’s Diagnostic Center in Bellingham! NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED! Just walk in and get your mammogram taken care of that day!
Charlie Maxx’s Breast Cancer Awareness Challenge
“This month, I run at least a mile everyday to bring awareness that there is still no cure. So, if you want to follow along, or have someone you’d like me to run for, follow my journey on Instagram – @chazmaxx.” ~Charlie
Startling Statistics
Statistics below are found at the National Breast Cancer Foundation website.
- About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 13%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. The lifetime risk of a man developing breast cancer is 1 in 726.
- In 2024, an estimated 310,720 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 2,800 new cases in men.
- There are currently over 4 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.
- With the exception of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the United States.
- In 2024, it is estimated that approximately 30% of all new cancer diagnoses in women will be breast cancer.
- On average, a new case of breast cancer is diagnosed in a woman every 2 minutes.
- Approximately 66% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage…BEFORE the cancer has spread throughout the body.
- The 5-year survival rate for breast cancer cases that are diagnosed at the localized stage is 99%!
- Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. In 2022, it’s estimated that about 30% of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancers.
- The average age for a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is 62 years old.
- Half of U.S. women that are diagnosed with breast cancer are 62 years old or younger.
- About 9% of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the United States are women under the age of 45 years old.
- The younger you are when diagnosed, particularly those under the age of 35, the higher the chances are of a recurrence.
- A woman’s risk of breast cancer nearly doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Less than 15% of women who get breast cancer have a family member diagnosed with it.
- In 2024, they estimate 42,250 women will die from breast cancer.
- About 85% of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer. These occur due to genetic mutations that happen as a result of the aging process and life in general, rather than inherited mutations.
- The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are sex (being a woman) and age (growing older).
- According to the PeaceHealth Cancer Center, in Whatcom County in 2022, 291 women received a diagnosis of breast cancer. Most of the women diagnosed were between the ages of 60-80. The youngest was 29 years old and the oldest was 98 years old. MOST of these were caught in stages 0 & 1 (the earliest stages). That tells us that early detection is working!
Breast Cancer Information
•From genetics, to age, here are tips on lowering breast cancer risks!
•What you can do to detect breast cancer early.
•Tips on how breast cancer is treated.
•How do I tell my family I have breast cancer? Tips for telling your friends and family.
•Find the “can” in breast cancer survivor stories! Here, and here.
•From what it is, to what to wear and where to go! Tips for getting your mammogram!
•Does insurance cover a mammogram? Find out.
•The ACS definitive guide to research, treatment and inspirational breast cancer survivor stories!
KAFE’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month information is made possible by:
Bellingham Breast Center
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Bellingham Breast Centeris proud to be the first accredited breast center in Washington State.
