Must be Accelerated by Chuck Sambar E very three minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer and every twelve minutes a woman will die from breast cancer in the United States, according to medical authorities. As we approach October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, now is the time to encourage greater support for research funding and a faster FDA approval process of proven and effective new drugs to combat this tragic and horrific disease.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer and the leading cause of death in American women.
Over 200,000 women were diagnosed last year with new cases of invasive female breast cancer. And more than 45,000 women will die from the disease. One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. One in six will develop cancer in our area. Both my mother and my wife are victims of breast cancer.