Who Gets Breast Cancer?

Page last modified on: July 9, 2008

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"I was 41 when I was diagnosed," says Bobbi. "I was thin, I worked out and ate healthy foods. I did everything ‘right.’ Everyone said ‘NO WAY! How can you have breast cancer?’"

Breast cancer is the most common cancer to affect women. In 2007, it is estimated that there will be about 178,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed in the United States, along with 62,030 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer.

Every woman is at SOME risk for breast cancer—this is merely the "risk" of living as a woman. But there are many risk factors that can make one woman's picture differ substantially from another's. When you understand your own particular risk profile, you are in a better position to manage it and don't have to fear the unknown.

The medical experts for Who Gets Breast Cancer? are:

  • Carol Cherry, R.N., O.C.N., oncology nurse, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Pennsylvania
  • Marisa C. Weiss, M.D., breast radiation oncologist, Thomas Jefferson University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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