The month of October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime? This year alone – 316,950 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and an additional 59,080 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed. Chances are likely, you know at least one person who has been personally affected by breast cancer.

This month PURE Oldies 98.3 and 98.5 has gone “pink” on our website to help spread the word that “early detection is the BEST protection!” Clink the “breast cancer awareness” banner, sponsored by Dairy Queen to learn the facts.

According to the website breastcancer.org, here are some notable facts about breast cancer:

• Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women in the U.S. Each year, about 32% of all newly diagnosed cancers in women are breast cancer.

• About 16% of women with breast cancer are younger than 50 years of age.

• About 66% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage — before cancer has spread outside of the breast — when treatments tend to work better.

• Female breast cancer incidence rates have been slowly increasing since the mid-2000s, largely driven by diagnoses of localized-stage and hormone receptor-positive disease.

• There are currently more than four million women with a history of breast cancer in the U.S. This includes women currently being treated and women who have finished treatment.

• About 42,170 women will die from breast cancer in 2025.

• Less than 1% of all breast cancers occur in men.