While Breast Cancer Remains Prevalent, Early Detection Can Increase Long-Term Survival for Most Breast Cancers

In the United States, approximately 2.6 million women are currently living with breast cancer at any time, according to the US National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER). Statistically, women have a body 12% chance of developing breast cancer over the course of their lifetime, and historically 1 in every 36 die from breast cancer.