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What is Breast Cancer Statistics and facts about Breast Cancer Things to know

What is Breast Cancer? Breast cancer is a group of abnormal cells which continue to grow and multiply. Eventually these cells may form a lump in the breast. If the cancer is not removed or controlled the cancer cells can spread into other parts of the body and may eventually cause death. Back To Top

Statistics and Facts about Breast Cancer Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among women, excluding skin cancer Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 40 and 55 About 77% of women with a new diagnosis of Breast Cancer are over the age of 50 Approximately 180,000 new cases of Breast Cancer occur each year in the United States One out of every 8 women in the United States is at risk of developing Breast Cancer, and 1 out of every 28 women are at risk of dying from it In North America and Western Europe the incidence of Breast Cancer is 6 to 10 times higher than in Japan and most parts of Asia and Africa As of 1997,one in eight women living to age 85 will develop Breast Cancer A woman dies of Breast Cancer every 11 minutes Back To Top

Things to Know Breast lesion size is directly related with survival probability 100 million to 1 billion cells are present in a 1 cm tumor Probability that a 2 cm lesion has already spread cancer cells to other parts of the body is high The expected life span of a cancer patient who's cancer has spread is an average of 2 years Many women who have cancer, an estimated 5 to 10 percent, go undetected Back To Top