In fact, our commitment to being community minded is one of our 11 core values. This year, Navigant International is proud to announce that we are devoting our time, resources and heartfelt commitment to breast cancer awareness, education and prevention. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that has developed from cells of the breast. The disease primarily affects women, but it does occur rarely in men.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer.
These decreases are probably the result of early detection, education and improved treatment. A woman in the United States and Canada has a 12 percent, or one in nine, lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. Mammograms are 90 percent effective in early detection of breast cancer. Excluding skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. One in nine women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.