Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Just the Facts, Please
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we'll be bringing you easy, proven prevention tips from medical experts all month long from our Women's Cancer Handbook. The good news? Cancer is less common than you think. We're starting the month off with some cold, hard facts. Get in the know about breast cancer, so you can worry less.
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80% of lumps turn out not to be cancer.
7% of women diagnosed with breast cancer are under 40.
99% The five-year survival rate for women in the United States with localized breast cancer.
The risk that a woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer during the next 10 years, starting at the following ages:
Age 30: 0.44% (1 in 227)
Age 40: 1.47% (1 in 68)
Age 50: 2.38% (1 in 42)
Age 60: 3.56% (1 in 28)
Age 70: 3.82% (1 in 26)