Pink Diamonds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In honor of October being breast cancer awareness month, we’ve decided to share a few facts and some of our favorite famous pink stones. 

  • In the US, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
  • Breast cancer typically has no symptoms when the tumor is small and most easily treated, which is why screening is important for early detection.
  • Women who get regularly screened for breast cancer have a 47% lower risk of dying from the disease compared to those who don’t.
  • A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000.
  • Although rare, men get breast cancer too. In 2021, an estimated 2,650 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the U.S. and approximately 530 will die.
  • Approximately 1 in 8 women (13%) will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetime and 1 in 39 women (3%) will die from breast cancer.
  • Breast cancer incidence and death rates increase with age until one’s 70’s. During 2012-2016, the median age at the time of breast cancer diagnosis was 62.
  • Breast cancer rates are highest among non-Hispanic (NH) whites, followed closely by NH blacks. However, NH black women have the highest breast cancer death rate, more than double that in Asian/Pacific Islander women, who have the lowest incidence and death rates.
  • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women, except for skin cancers. It is estimated that in 2021, approximately 30% of all new women cancer diagnoses will be breast cancer.
  • There are over 3.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.

Sources: www.cancer.org; www.BreastCancer.org; www.dosomething.org; www.nationalbreastcancer.org

The Spirit of the Rose - 14.83-carat, internally flawless fancy vivid purple-pink diamond.
The Spirit of the Rose – 14.83-carat, internally flawless fancy vivid purple-pink diamond (Sotheby’s Geneva). Image Source: Forbes

 

The Sakura Diamond – 15.81-carat fancy vivid purple-pink diamond.
The Sakura Diamond – 15.81-carat fancy vivid purple-pink diamond (Christie’s). Image Source: Daily Sabah

 

The Pink Star - 59.60-carat, internally flawless fancy vivid pink diamond.
The Pink Star – 59.60-carat, internally flawless fancy vivid pink diamond. Image Source: NPR

 

The Raj Pink - 37.3-carat cushion fancy intense pink diamond.
The Raj Pink – 37.3-carat cushion fancy intense pink diamond (Sotheby’s Geneva). Image Source: CNBC

 

Celebrity Pink Diamonds.
Pink diamond engagement rings on Anna Kournikova, Blake Lively, Victoria Beckham, Lady Gaga, and Jennifer Lopez.

 

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