Each year, approximately 210,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 women will die from it. Over her lifetime (from birth to death), a woman has about a 1 in 8 chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer, and a 1 in 34 chance of dying from it. As she gets older, her chance of getting or dying from breast cancer increases.

For more information check out these sites:

www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp – CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program

www.cancer.gov – The National Cancer Institute www.medicare.gov – Resources for Medicare information

www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides a list of approved mammogram facilities on its website.

www.healthfinder.gov – This online health information resource links consumers to carefully selected federal and nonprofit websites from more than 1,500 health-related organizations. Type “mammograms” (or other term) to search for more information.