October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 1 in 8 American women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.
Here are the statistics women need to know: 1 in 8 American women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. It accounts for about one in three new cancer cases in women each year.
The American Cancer Society estimates that this year, breast cancer will kill more than 43-thousand women in this country.She has this message for women: "These are women that don't have a personal history of any breast cancer, any family history of breast cancer or any known genetic mutations. You know, we really try to spread the message about women and getting their mammogram every year. And we start recommending them starting at the age of 40 every single year.
"In 2021, a really close girlfriend of mine, one of her best friends was diagnosed with breast cancer," Duffy said. "She has two children, she felt a lump, she was 37 and she encouraged everyone at the end of 2021 to make sure that we got screened. And her story stuck with me that when I met with my primary care doctor in February of 2022 I asked for a mammogram.""There's no why unfortunately," Duffy said.
Duffy was officially cancer-free in December 2022. She takes daily medications and has screenings every six months to make sure she's okay.
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