An estimated 19,300 new cases of breast cancer are expected to occur among African-American women.

Over 5,830 Deaths to occur among African-American women.

What Are The Risk Factors?

• Gender
• Age
• Long Menstrual Cycles
• Heredity/Genetic Factors
• Hormones
• Never Having Children
• Nutrition
• Environmental Factors
• Personal History of Breast or Ovarian Cancer

* Breast Cancer is the second leading killer of African-American women. Recent research indicates that a more aggressive form of the disease may afflict African-American women, particularly younger women.

What Are The Warning Signs?

• Changes in the breast that do not disappear, lump thickening, swelling dimpling.
• Pain in the breast or irritation of breast skin
• Change in color or texture of the skin
• Discharge, distortion, retraction or scaliness of the nipple

*Over 70% of breast cancers are diagnosed in women with no identifiable risk factors.   

What You Should Do…

The Key to Survival is…

                      E A R L Y
                D E T E C T I O N
        
                          Fact….
           
                     Early detection
                           And
                     Early Treatment
           Increase Your Survival Rate!

  3 Easy Steps…

Monthly Breast Self Exam (BSE). Starting at age 20.

Clinical Breast Exam (CBE). Only done by a trained medical professional every 2-3 years beginning at age 20 and annually after age 40.