Seventy-five percent of the net proceeds will be donated to Baton Rouge area organizations working to eradicate breast cancer through education, screening and treatment. The remaining twenty-five percent of proceeds are forwarded to help fund the Komen Foundation's National Grant Program. A grants review process has been developed to award the local grants. The Facts About Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the leading cause of death of women between the ages of 40 and 59. The majority of women with breast cancer have no known significant family history or other known risk factors.
All women are at risk and one's risk increases with advancing age.
Breast cancer is a devastating and deadly disease that has struck nearly 2 million American women in the past decade. One in eight women will suffer from the disease over her lifetime. This year 1,400 men will develop breast cancer and about 400 will die. According to the most recent data, mortality rates continue to decline in white women, and for the first time are also declining in younger African American women. These decreases have been credited to earlier detection and improved treatment.