National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a time when Americans from all over, of any age or background, can focus on bringing attention to a vital national health issue. Throughout October, companies and charities, families and individual citizens can show their support for those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. One of the very best ways you can help is to find a high-quality charity to which you can make a donation.
Breast cancer is the second-most-common cancer in American women (following skin cancer).
There are more than 2.9 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S., and about one out of every eight women will develop invasive breast cancer in her lifetime.
It is the second-leading cause of cancer death in women (following lung cancer).