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Here are some pictures of pink ribbons that you may take and use on your website. These ribbons were found on Carol Sutton's Pink Ribbon Download page, which has a bunch more. They are not copyrighted and are free for use on anyone's site. I used a colored background so that they're easier to see and so that you can tell which ones have a background of their own. A source can be seen by hovering your mouse over the image.

Breast Cancer at 27! site http://www.azstarnet.com/~pud/cancer/ribbons.html Mike Loux has kindly given this adaptation from a blue ribbon. A new small, crisp and clean edged pink ribbon gif icon, with a transparent surround as background. No current website. Lou Carter, herself a breast cancer survivor. http://members.iglou.com/riplou/index.html Breast Cancer at 27! site http://www.azstarnet.com/~pud/cancer/ribbons.html
Drawn up by Denis Ryan in Freehand before converting to gif format so it has very smooth graduations of color. www.littlelabels.com/pinkribbon.htm Terri Jaramillo - I created the ribbonborder to use as a horizontal rule that matches the ribbon. These pics will be used on a new Breast Cancer Awareness Site developed through the University of Wyoming. If you're interested, I can send you the URL as soon as the pages are posted. Carol Sutton's First Free Pink Ribbon. www.carolsutton.net/download_pink-ribbon.html
C.Palmer - Pixie has kindly given this new pink ribbon symbol. This symbol is both joyful and bold. No current website. Deanna R. Wonsowicz made this soft edge blown in the wind pinkribbon {34k} for her own mother, Betty Rosolino, who is a Breast Cancer Survivor as of Septmber, 2001. - 'I designed a Pink Ribbon in honor of her bravery and courage through her entire ordeal and would love to have it on your website to share with everyone.' Breast Cancer at 27! site http://www.azstarnet.com/~pud/cancer/ribbons.html

Credit for this wonderful new professional banner design jpg goes to Tonya Valentine, who is Webmaster of the Tomball Regional Hospital Web site, located inTomball, Texas. (just NWof Houston). http://www.main.com/~caitlyn/

Credit for this 34K lovely multiple color banner design gif goes to Shannon Foster, who is the Administrative Assistant for the Clinton County Visiting Nursing Association, in Clinton, IA

Here are some statistics on breast cancer:

1,000,000 women in America are living with undetected breast cancer.
In America this year, a new case of breast cancer will be diagnosed every 3 minutes. Every 13 minutes, the disease will claim another life.
1 out of every 8 women in America will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. That's up from 1 out of 14 in 1960.
Over 70% of breast cancer cases occur in women with no identifiable risk factors.
Breast cancer incidence increases with age, rising sharply after age 40. About 80% of invasive breast cancers occur in women over age 50. Average diagnosis is 64. (But don't let this fool you, young women can get breast cancer too.)
A screening mammogram is a simple, low-dose x-ray procedure that can reveal breast cancer at its earliest stage - up to two years before it's large enough to be felt. Yet in 2000, a survey showed that only 63% of women age 40 or older had received a mammogram within the last year.
Men can develop breast cancer, too. Each year, 1,500 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 400 will die.
Of all the breast cancer lumps biopsied in the United States, over 80% will turn out benign. Nevertheless, all irregularities should be examined by a physician.
The five-year survival rate for patients treated for early-stage breast cancer is 97%.
Over two million breast cancer survivors are alive in America today.

More detailed statistics and references can be found on the American Cancer Society's website