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Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed
cancer in Canadian women.
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The average Canadian woman has a 1 in 9 chance
of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. If
you have a family history of breast cancer, your
risk is different, as the chart opposite shows.
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Women who are over 30 when they have their first
child run a slightly greater risk of developing
breast cancer than women who had children before
the age of 25.
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Over 85% of lumps found in the breast are benign,
or not cancerous.
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Source: Canadian Cancer Statistics
2002
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