Breast cancer by the numbers
Health, Physical Health, Women
September 17, 2013

Breast cancer by the numbers

• 1 in 8 American women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime

• 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed this year

• 64,640 cases of non-invasive (early stage) breast cancer will be diagnosed this year

• 39,620 women will die from breast cancer this year

• 2.9 million American women are breast cancer survivors

Source: American Cancer Society

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