Did you know?

Some stats that can answer some questions I’ve been asked (stats credit from www.breastcancer.org)

https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics

- About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.

- In 2019, an estimated 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 62,930 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.

- MEN!!! About 2,670 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in men in 2019. A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 883.

- About 5-10% of breast cancers can be linked to gene mutations inherited from one’s mother or father. Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are the most common.

- About 85% of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer. These occur due to genetic mutations that happen as a result of the aging process and life in general, rather than inherited mutations.