Breast cancer facts and figures can help you better understand your risks of being diagnosed with breast cancer as well as your chances of survival during all stages of breast cancer.
Some Numbers to Consider
According to Breast Cancer Org:
- About 13% of all American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives.
- About 250,000 women in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009.
- Less than 1% of all breast cancer cases are men.
- More than one in four cancers in United States women are breast cancers, close to the rate of melanoma.
- African American women tend to have more aggressive breast cancer tumors, though more Caucasian women are diagnosed with breast cancer.
- 2.5 million American women have survived breast cancer as of 2008.
- Women with first degree relatives with breast caner are twice as likely to develop the disease as well.
- About one in three women diagnosed with breast cancer have a family history of breast cancer.
- No more than 10% of breast cancer patients have the mutation of the BRCA1 or BRCA 2 genes.
In raising breast cancer awareness, women can begin to learn the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, helping them to get treatment early in order to avoid long term disease.