This is why we walk:
- Because every woman is at risk for breast cancer.
- An estimated 5 million Americans will be diagnosed with breast cancer - and more than 1 million could die - over the next 25 years.
- Breast cancer is the leading cancer among American women and is second only to lung cancer in cancer deaths.
- One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every THREE minutes and one woman will die of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the United States.
- An estimated 40,460 women and 450 men will die from breast cancer in 2009.
- Only 5-10 percent of breast cancers are due to heredity. The majority of women with breast cancer have no known significant family history or other known risk factors.
- Without a cure, one in eight women in the U.S. will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer - a devastating disease with physical, emotional, psychological and financial pain that can last a lifetime.
Please join us on an amazing journey in the fight against breast cancer! The Breast Cancer 3-Day is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days. Net proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure and National Philanthropic Trust, funding important breast cancer research, education, screening, and treatment.