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Here are a few numbers that speak for themselves:

• One in nine Canadian women is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime.
• Since 1999, breast cancer death rates have declined an average of 1.7% per year. Breast cancer death rates have declined of over 25% since 1986.
• In Quebec, 6,200 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, of which 1,300 will die.
• In Canada, 23,400 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, of which 5 100 will die.
• The five year survival rate for breast cancer is 88%.
  
  
  

These statistics show that we all know somebody who has breast cancer, whether they are close or not. Breast cancer is everybody’s business.

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Source: Canadian Cancer Society