Breast Cancer – The Facts

• Breast cancer is currently the most common female cancer in the UK.
• Nearly 44,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK.
• 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.
• Over 80% of breast cancers occur in women over 50 years of age.
• More than 1,000 women die from the disease every month in the UK.
• Men can also develop breast cancer but this is much more rare. Around 300 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK.
• More women than ever in the UK are surviving breast cancer thanks to better awareness, better treatments and better screening.

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