Breast Cancer Facts and Statistics
Quick Facts:
Every 14 seconds, a woman is told, “You have breast cancer” (BCRF, 2023).
Every minute, a woman dies from breast cancer (WHO, 2023).
Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the world’s most commonly-diagnosed cancer (WCRF, 2022).
Survival rates in high-income countries far exceed those in low-income countries (WHO, 2023).
How we are working to change the picture
It is our mission at the Know Your Lemons Foundation to improve early detection of breast cancer worldwide through creative and empowering education. We do this through three initiatives: our early detection app, classes taught by trained volunteer educators, and our global campaign available on social, in print, and online in over 30 languages.
Our Early Detection App
The Know Your Lemons app is the world’s first app designed to improve early detection for breast cancer—with a twist of lemon. The Know Your Lemons app teaches you the basics when it comes to breast health by teaching you:
how to self-exam
to identify the 12 symptoms of breast cancer
to track your period
to learn about risk factors
to get a custom screening plan to make knowing when to get a mammogram crystal clear.
Trained Volunteer Educators
Our Volunteer Educators or “Certified Lemonistas” are made up survivors, care-givers, doctors, teachers, or they simply feel passionate about women’s health. No matter the experience, we provide our volunteers with all the tools, training, and resources they will need to lead engaging breast health discussions in their community and empower women with confidence and knowledge for early detection. We accept people from all around the world! Click here to see the impact our volunteers are having in their community by clicking on this live education map! To learn more about if this program is right for you click here.
Our Global Campaign
We make information beautiful and accessible to a wide and diverse audience. Through our online and print campaign, we overcome the barriers of taboo, fear and literacy that have held breast cancer ‘awareness’ back for decades. We strive to be friendly, accessible, and inclusive as we create materials to have easy and open breast health conversations. You can follow us on any social media platform and start your easy breast health conversation online today by re-sharing our latest post.
Or feel free to browse around our shop for pass along materials or cute merch that make starting breast health conversations easy peasy lemon squeezy!
