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Breast Cancer Facts:

·  This year in America, more than 211,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 43,300 die.

·  One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.

·  1,600 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 400 will die this year.

( National Breast Cancer Foundation)