Breast Cancer Facts

Over two million breast cancer survivors are
alive in the U.S. today
A woman’s chance of developing cancer in her
lifetime is 1 in 8
A new breast cancer is diagnosed every 2.5
minutes
88 percent of the pre-invasive breast cancer
diagnosed is ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
One American woman dies from breast cancer
every 13 minutes

Nearly 40,000 women die from breast cancer each year
Only lung cancer causes more cancer deaths in women
Approximately 1,500 male breast cancer cases will be diagnosed this year, and 400 men will die from the disease
The American Cancer Society spends nearly
$100 million a year to

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