How many women get breast cancer?

About 40,920 women will die from breast cancer. Trends in breast cancer incidence In recent years, incidence rates have been the stable in white women and increasing slightly (by 0.3% per year) African American women. read more

About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12.4%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2018, an estimated 266,120 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 63,960 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. read more

Women who have a high percentage of breast tissue that appears dense on a mammogram have a higher risk of breast cancer than women of similar age who have little or no dense breast tissue. In general, younger women have denser breasts than older women. read more

Get basic information about breast cancer, such as what it is and how it forms, as well as the signs and symptoms of the disease. Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention There is no sure way to prevent breast cancer. read more