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‘I’m raising awareness so that more women can get diagnosed sooner,’ says Sheelagh Davidson

The 53-year-old was removing her bandages from the breast implant procedure when she made a devastating discovery

Breast cancer accounts for 1 in 3 of all new cancers diagnosed in women in the U.S. each year, according to the American Cancer Society. It's estimated that more than 43,00 women in the U.S. will die from breast cancer this year.

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Charlotte Crosby's mum Letitia Crosby was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year after going for her routine mammogram

Mean Girls actor Jonathan Bennett, who played Aaron Samuels in the hit film, has shared a video of himself getting a mammogram and encouraged other men to do the same

Amanda Kennedy, 59, from Clondalkin, found a lump in her breast last December, and was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer

“Please get your annual mammogram. I was six months late this time. I shudder to think what might have happened if I had put it off longer,” Couric posted on her website.

Less than half know their family history of breast cancer