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Article: 20things every woman must know about breast cancer MIND & BODY
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- Evening Times
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- October 8, 2005
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OCTOBER is breast cancer awareness month. The disease affects
women of all ages.
Recently, Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with it at the age of 36,
prompting many younger women to become "breast aware".
Here are 20 things you need to know about the disease and how to
reduce your risk of developing it.
1 Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the UK after
non-melanoma skin cancer. More than 41,000 new cases are diagnosed
each year.
2 Breast cancer claims the lives of 12,700 women each year in the
UK. Men can also get breast cancer but it is rare (around 300 cases