Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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TAKE ACTION!

Join us in taking action this October to spread awareness for breast cancer. With more than 14,000 women diagnosed each year in PA, we all know someone who has received the devastating diagnosis.

The truth is, there are many women across Pennsylvania who have not scheduled their mammogram or ever had one. In fact, 1 in 4 women ages 40-74 haven’t received their mammogram in the past 2 years. But we know the 5-year survival rate for breast cancer is 99% when found early and hasn’t spread.

This October, join us and the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition to take action and help spread the word: “Early Detection Saves Lives!”

GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM

Annual mammograms are recommended for women beginning at age 40 or beginning as early as age 25 if a woman is considered at increased risk for breast cancer. Factors that increase risk can include a family history of breast cancer, dense breast tissue, a genetic predisposition to breast cancer or previous radiation therapy.

Thanks to Act 1 of 2023 and Act 52 of 2025, both approved with unanimous bipartisan support, insured Pennsylvanians at high risk of breast cancer no longer have co-pays, deductibles or co-insurance costs for breast MRIs, breast ultrasounds and BRCA-related genetic testing and counseling.

Visit the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition’s website to find a mammography center close to you.

• One in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. But when detected at its earliest stages, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer is over 90%.

• Screening mammograms have been shown to reduce breast cancer death by 22%.

• About 1 in 4 women ages 50 to 74 years had not received a mammogram in the past two years (as of 2022).

• Women who reported cost as a barrier to access health care had about 2 times the odds of not getting a mammogram or follow-up screening.

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