- Statistically, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.
Early detection is the key to surviving breast cancer.
- The American Cancer Society’s estimates for breast cancer in the United States for 2016 are:
- About 246,660 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
- About 61,000 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be diagnosed (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
- About 40,450 women will die from breast cancer.
Early detection is the key to surviving breast cancer.
