Who gets breast cancer and who survives?
The headline in the October issue of Redbook caught my eye. And some of the facts are surprising. Being overweight by _ even 20 pounds_ can increase your odds of breast cancer.
Breast cancer strikes more older women but it's deadlier in younger women.
And minority women are up to 70 percent more likely to die of breast cancer. The most incurable tumor type affects more African American and Hispanic women than Caucasian women and more premenopausal African American women are likely to have the the triple-negative tumor.
It's great what the research is showing us about who gets affected but I want to see something that says the research has led to saving more lives.
Need more information? Look for just about any women's magazine for October. They all have special reports on breast cancer. It's breast cancer awareness month.
