2016 Incidence of breast cancer in US women is estimated at 246,660, or 676 per day; In 2013, the prevalence of breast cancer in women was 3,053,450; Breast cancer has the highest incidence of all cancers in women (15%)

In the US, breast cancer is currently the #3 cause of cancer-related deaths in females, after lung cancer and colorectal cancer; The number of estimated deaths in 2016 is 40,450, with 9.3% of women diagnosed with breast cancer not surviving past 5 years

Globally, breast cancer is the #1 cause of death among females

(NIH 2016, Jemal 2011)

MALIGNANT BREAST DISORDERS:

Epidemiology and Risk Factors