English 2311-Section 006
Emily Fletcher, Gina Garcia, Lynn Lawrence, and Abby Satterfield
Race for the Cure Student Committee
Imagine life without breast cancer—where your mother, daughter, sister or friend doesn’t have
to worry if she will be the one-in-eight women diagnosed with the disease.
Facts found at BreastCancer.org1
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Breast cancer incidence in women in the United States is 1 in 8 (about 13%)
In 2008, an estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be
diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 67,770 new cases of non-invasive breast
cancer
About 1,990 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in 2008. Less
than 1% of all new breast cancer cases occur in men
About 40,480 women in the U.S. are expected to die in 2008 from breast cancer; death
rates have been decreasing since 1990. These decreases are thought to be the result of
treatment advances, earlier detection through screening, and increased awareness.
For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other
cancer besides lung cancer
Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among U.S.
women. More than 1 in 4 cancers are breast cancer
Our Proposal
 For Komen of Lubbock to create a student committee for Race for the Cure
The committee will
 Will recruit teams that represent various student organizations
 create various competitions to encourage teams to raise money
We are giving our proposal to
 Ashley Hamm
o executive director of the Lubbock Area Affiliate for Race for the Cure
Besides membership on the committee, students can be
 Committee Chair
 Activity Director
 Donation Director
 Team Director
 Competition Director
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BreastCancer.org. 2009. Breastcancer.org is a non-profit organization. Accessed on 19 April 2009 at
<http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics.jsp>