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MetuandLee · 05-24-2006, 02:20 PM

To Christine MH-UK-

The fact is that the number of women diagnosed in the United States with Breast Cancer has been on the rise in the last decade. The PERCENTAGE of women who are in their 30's and 40's developing breast cancer has been steady-but as the math dictates, as the numbers rise, so do the number of women who have the disease in that subgroup rises in spite of the fact that the percentage stays the same... the percentage of 240,000 women expected to be diagnosed this year translates into a higher number then in the last 10 years when annually we were seeing 190,000 or less.

So even with the percentage the same, the number of patients in the younger age group is increasing...

The purpose of this book is to educate any woman's child who may need to be educated about breast cancer...

05-24-2006, 02:20 PM	#3
MetuandLee Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2	reply to message To Christine MH-UK- The fact is that the number of women diagnosed in the United States with Breast Cancer has been on the rise in the last decade. The PERCENTAGE of women who are in their 30's and 40's developing breast cancer has been steady-but as the math dictates, as the numbers rise, so do the number of women who have the disease in that subgroup rises in spite of the fact that the percentage stays the same... the percentage of 240,000 women expected to be diagnosed this year translates into a higher number then in the last 10 years when annually we were seeing 190,000 or less. So even with the percentage the same, the number of patients in the younger age group is increasing... The purpose of this book is to educate any woman's child who may need to be educated about breast cancer...