Each year, about 13,800 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and over 3,000 women die from the disease in New York State. It is estimated that one in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime during her life.
Men also get breast cancer, but it is very rare. About 150 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in New York State.
"Thank goodness I had my yearly mammogram and breast exam - because early detection is the best protection. We did it, why don't you?"
Alfreda