Race for the Cure – Des Moines 2018

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Why do we fundraise for breast cancer cures?

Because 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
Because every 19 seconds, somewhere in the world, a case of breast cancer is diagnosed in a woman.
Because every 60 seconds, somewhere in the world, someone dies from breast cancer; every 13 minutes, one woman in the U.S. will lose her life to breast cancer.
Because breast cancer knows no boundaries. It affects people of every age, gender, socio-economic status and location.
Because at the current rate, 13 million breast cancer deaths will occur around the world in the next 25 years.
Because it’s time to go beyond breast cancer awareness. It’s time to take action!

But, when you participate and fundraise for the Race, we fight these statistics together. In 1980, the 5-year relative survival rate for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer (cancer confined to the breast) was about 74 percent. Today, that number is 99 percent! Komen has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer – transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors. This progress was made with your continued support and together we can reach our vision of a world without breast cancer.