{"id":13606,"date":"2017-10-06T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freemandental.com\/?p=13606"},"modified":"2017-10-06T08:00:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T08:00:36","slug":"breast-cancer-statistics-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/breast-cancer-statistics-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Cancer by the Numbers [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23662 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/breast-cancer-statistics-blog.png\" alt=\"Pink ribbon to represent breast cancer awareness\" width=\"760\" height=\"399\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23662 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/breast-cancer-statistics-blog.png\" alt=\"Pink ribbon to represent breast cancer awareness\" width=\"760\" height=\"399\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we&#8217;re sharing a few 2017 breast cancer statistics with our readers. Since 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in the course of her lifetime, it\u2019s crucial to raise awareness in our community. The <a href=\"https:\/\/seer.cancer.gov\/statfacts\/html\/breast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Cancer Institute<\/a> reports that the five-year survival rate is nearly 90% if the disease is detected in an early stage.<\/p>\n<p>Not all of the statistics are negative; there is a ray of hope: According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breastcancer.org\/symptoms\/understand_bc\/statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">breastcancer.org<\/a>, incidence rates in the U.S. began <em>decreasing<\/em> in the year 2000 and have continued to decrease since then. This is likely due to advances in treatment, earlier detection, and increased awareness.<\/p>\n<p>Take steps to recognize the signs &#8211; it could save your (or a loved one\u2019s) life!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get screened<\/li>\n<li>Conduct monthly self exams<\/li>\n<li>Exercise regularly and maintain healthy weight<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of the symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Be your own advocate!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2017 Breast Cancer Statistics<\/h2>\n<p>View more interesting breast cancer statistics, facts, and information in the infographic below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23663 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/breast-cancer-statistics-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic featuring 2017 breast cancer statistics\" width=\"960\" height=\"3060\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23663 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/breast-cancer-statistics-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic featuring 2017 breast cancer statistics\" width=\"960\" height=\"3060\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h2>Share These Breast Cancer Statistics<\/h2>\n<p>Help spread the word about breast cancer by sharing this blog with your friends and family! They will thank you for it!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Re-posted with permission. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickdentalanswers.com\/breast-cancer-statistics-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we&#8217;re sharing some interesting 2017 breast cancer statistics in this infographic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":28374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[76,113,61,125],"class_list":["post-13606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-blog-articles","tag-breast-cancer","tag-infographic","tag-overall-health","tag-womens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progrin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}