8/84Chances that an American woman had in 1960 of developing breast cancer in her lifetime: 1 in 17

    Her chances today: 1 in 11

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3/96Chances that an American woman whose cosmetic breast implants were removed in 1994 has since replaced them: 2 in 3

8/06Percentage by which white women who often spend time in the sun are less at risk of breast cancer than those who do not: 34

12/85Percentage of doctors in 1960 who said patients should be told the truth about their cancer: 18

    Percentage who say that today: 70

5/08Factor by which an uninsured American is more likely than an insured one to be diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer: 3

4/06Number of dogs that a California clinic trained to diagnose cancer by sniffing patients’ breath: 5

    Percentage of lung- and breast-cancer cases that they accurately detect, respectively: 99, 88