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Old 10-01-2015, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by kansasr View Post
While I don't know the source of your data, I can tell you that, among women, breast cancer is the second leading cause of death, exceeded only by lung cancer and greater than colorectal cancer. (US Cancer Statistics Working Group).

As the second leading cause of death among women, I for one have no trouble wearing pink to support this cause.
I doubt their numbers are for mortality, you are quoting incidence not mortality, only 10.8% of breast cancer cases cause death. read with your brain not just your eyes. I say this afterreading the uscwg stats at the cdc website.
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