Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 10, 1 October 2017 — Untitled [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
By the numbers » Currently about 70 percent of women 40 and older receive regular mammograms, the single most effective screening tool to find breast cancerearly. » Since 1990, early detection and effective treatment have resulted in a 34 percent decline in breast cancer death in the U.S.
Participants get warmed-up in a giant Zumba session. ■ Photo: Andy Landgraf » In 1980, the five-year relative survival rate for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer was about 74 percent. Today, it's 99 percent. » The federal government now devotes more than $850 million eaeh year to breast cancer research, treatment and prevention, compared to $30 million in 1982. » Today there are more than 3 million breast cancers survivors in the U.S. Source: Susan G. Komen Hawaii