What are the chances it effects you?
Today, breast cancer is the second leading disease related to death amoung woman. Every girl should be aware and cautious, and even men have a chance of getting this diease. Though there are woman who are at a greater risk, it is serious enough that every girl should be checking and having a yearly check up by at least age 20, but it is never to early.
African American woman have a greater chance of getting breast cancer. Many things can effect your chances of getting breast cancer, such as; alcohol use, personal history, family history,delaying pregnancy past age 35 or not becoming pregnant at all, ect.. (About.com: Woman's Health)
"More than 1.7 million women who have had breast cancer are still alive in the United States.'
"The risk of breast cancer increases as a woman grows older"
(Breast Cancer Facts and Statistics, Think Pink)