21. “Drinking coffee, using antiperspirant, having your hair straightened, or wearing an underwire bra or tight clothing can cause breast cancer.” Common myths, unsupported by scientific evidence.

22. The federal government spends more than $900 million each year on breast cancer research, treatment, and prevention.

23. Estimated new cases of breast cancer in the United States in 2008: 184,450, about one new diagnosis every 3 1/2 minutes.

24. Mammograms are the single most effective screening tool for detecting breast cancer in its early stages. As of 2004, the highest screening rate was in Delaware; the lowest, in Idaho.

25. Breast cancers survivors are the largest group of cancer survivors in the U.S.