* Singer Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer at an age of only 43.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=1666320&page=1</ref>
* Norwegian actress and nude model Julie Ege was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 43.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250774/bio</ref>
* Actress American actress Shirley Temple was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 44.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000073/bio</ref>
* Singers [[Olivia Newton-John]] and [[Sheryl Crow]] were each diagnosed with breast cancer at an age of only 44.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=1666320&page=1</ref>