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<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>To celebrate my Mum being given the 5 year 'all clear' (Hooray!!) I have set myself a personal challenge of raising £500 for Breast Cancer Care this year. That's only 500 people giving £1 each. :o)</p>
<p>My first event was a baby clothes sale where I raised £20 on entrance fees. My second event was 'The Great Top Swap' which raised £25.79 on the night and has left me with a variety of tops to ebay towards my total. Another top swap will be held on Saturday 9th April 2011.</p>
<p>I will be doing different events through the year to raise money. If you would like to donate through my page you can do so. </p>
<p>Or maybe you'd like to support me at the events I organise through the year. </p>
<p>More information coming soon.</p>
<p>Many thanks,</p>
<p>Cath</p>
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<h2>The facts:</h2>
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<li>the biggest risk factor, after gender, is increasing age – 80% of breast cancers occur in women over the age of 50</li>
<li>more people are being diagnosed with breast cancer but survival rates are improving – probably as a result of improved treatment and earlier detection</li>
<li>breast cancer also affects men, but it is rare – around 300 men are diagnosed each year.</li>
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<h2>The stats:</h2>
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<li>nearly 46,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK. That’s one person every 11 minutes</li>
<li>just over 12,000 people die from breast cancer in the UK every year</li>
<li>breast cancer is the second biggest cause of death from cancer for women in the UK, after lung cancer</li>
<li>there are an estimated 550,000 people living in the UK today who have had a diagnosis of breast cancer</li>
<li>in women under the age of 35, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer.</li>
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<h2>The fiction:</h2>
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<li> <span style="color: #b71a8b;"> <strong>Five years past diagnosis means I’ve got the ‘all clear’.</strong> </span> As well as potentially experiencing long-term side effects of treatment, patients face the uncertainty that their cancer could return at any time – including a diagnosis of secondary breast cancer which can’t be cured, only controlled.</li>
<li> <span style="color: #b71a8b;"> <strong>Stress causes breast cancer.</strong> </span> Despite numerous studies, no definitive link between stress and breast cancer has been found.</li>
<li> <span style="color: #b71a8b;"> <strong>Breast cancer is mainly a hereditary disease.</strong> </span> Breast cancer can run in families, but fewer than 10% of cases are as a result of an inherited faulty gene.</li>
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