Cancer Statistics
  • 11,000 mammograms are done at St. Patrick Hospital Broadway Imaging annually
  • The Broadway Imaging Center is designated a “Breast Imaging Center of Excellence” by the Commission on Quality & Safety and the Commission on Breast Imaging
  • Breast cancer risk increases with age
  • 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime
  • Breast cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths in ages 40 to 55
  • Men are also at risk for breast cancer
  • 180 breast cancer patients had some form of treatment here at St. Patrick Hospital in 2008
  • 86% were Stage 0, I, II and are considered curable
  • Since 2001, breast cancer deaths have decreased 3.5%
  • 85% of women with breast cancer do not have a family history of breast cancer
  • A mammogram can detect breast cancer at an early stage
  • The American Cancer Society recommends that women start having yearly screening mammograms beginning at age 40
  • Deodorants and antiperspirants do not cause breast cancer
  • Wearing an under-wire bra does not cause breast cancer
  • 80% of breast lumps are not cancerous
  • Breast cancer is not a death sentence




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