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The most surprising fact that people do not know about breast cancer is that about 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single relative with breast cancer. Much more than just family history and inherited genes factor into the breast cancer equation.

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Kristi Funk
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 22
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Santa Monica
California
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