Dedication
Aboutin8womenintheUnitedStates(%)willdevelopinvasivebreastcanceroverthecourseoherlietime.In00,anestimated07,090newcasesoinvasivebreastcancerwereexpectedtobediagnosedin womenintheU.S.,alongwith54,00newcasesonon-invasive(insitu)breastcancer. About,970newcasesoinvasivebreastcancerwereexpectedtobediagnosedinmenin00.Lessthan%oallnewbreastcancercasesoccurinmen. About39,840womenintheU.S.wereexpectedtodiein00rombreastcancer,thoughdeathrateshavebeendecreasingsince990.Tesedecreasesarethoughttobetheresultotreatmentadvances,earlierdetectionthroughscreening,andincreasedawareness.ForwomenintheU.S.,breastcancerdeathratesarehigherthanthoseoranyothercancer,besideslungcancer.Besidesskincancer,breastcanceristhemostcommonlydiagnosedcanceramongU.S.women.Morethanin4cancersinwomen(about8%)arebreastcancer.In00,thereweremorethan.5millionbreastcancersurvivorsintheU.S. About70-80%obreastcancersoccurinwomenwhohavenoamilyhistoryobreastcancer.Teseoccurduetogeneticabnormalitiesthathappenasaresultotheagingprocessandlieingeneral,ratherthaninheritedmutations.“It’sAllAbouttheCookies”wasproducedtohelpAliateMarketersGiveBackeortstoraisemoneytosupportbreastcancerresearch,treatment,awarenessandcommunityprograms.00%othenetprotswillbedonatedtotheAvonWalkorBreastCancer,whichhasraisedmorethan$380millionsince003tohelpghtthishorribledisease.Itisdedicatedtothoseaectedeitherdirectly,orindirectlybybreastcancer.Bestrong.ogetherwe willndacure.
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