In the United States in 2004 alone, an estimated 43,700 people will die from breast cancer. It is the number two cancer killer among females ages 15 to 54. On average if a woman gets this disease, their life expectancy drops drastically. This cancer is within the top three cancers of all women above the age of 15, and comprises a great amount of all health care costs in the U.S. totaling an astounding 37 billion a year in direct medical costs. An average woman is said to have a one in nine chance of getting the cancer, but if that person has family history of the disease, his or her chance…
