Breast care is an important part of a woman's health. We have the expertise and support women need to make informed choices in comfortable and respectful settings.
The average woman has a 1 in 8 chance of getting breast cancer during her lifetime.
After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. It is also the second main cause of cancer death in women. (Lung cancer is the first.)
Research shows that cancer survivors live longer, healthier lives, when they connect with others. Women affected by cancer are invited to make those connections and more during the 13th Annual Connect Retreat, March 21 to 23.
Source: American Cancer Society
Reviewed by:
Timothy Sielaff, MD, PhD, FACS, president, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute; Carol Bergren, RN, manager, Piper Breast Center;
Deborah Day, MD, medical director, Piper Breast Center
First Published:
08/25/2009
Last Reviewed:
08/25/2009
