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By Sears, Diane
Publication: Florida Trend
Date: Saturday, October 1 2005

Breast cancer cases nationwide have tripled in the past 30 years, and the disease is now stoking patients in their 20s and 30s instead of late 50s or olden That might be because women are more diligent about looking for it, says Jane Torres, founder and president of the Florida Breast Cancer Research Coalition.

One in every seven or eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point--including an estimated 211,240 this year nationwide and 13,430 in Florida, according to the American Cancer Society. It's the most common type of cancer among women. And it can

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