About Breast Cancer

• Breast Cancer is the most malingnancy in women and the second leadind cause of cancer death.
• Breast cancer is three times more common than all gynecologic malingnancies put together.
• The Amercian Cancer Society estimates that 211,000 new cases of invasive Breast Cancer will be diagnosed this year and 43,000 patients will die from the disease
• Breast Cancer is not exclusively a disease of women. For evey 100 women with breast cancer, 1 male will develop the disease.
• The American Cancer society estimates that 1,600 will develop the disease this year.
• Breast Cancer is considered a heterogenenous disease
• Fufty percent of breast cancer is diagnosed in women over 65.
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