Cancer statistics

Breast cancer is one of the top three cancers in the US, after lung and prostate.

Approximately 13% of women (1 in 8) will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 3% (1 in 39) will die from the disease in their lifetime.

Breast Cancer Statistics, 2022 - Giaquinto - Wiley Online Library

During out last's week book club, it turned out that out of 8 women around the table, 4 had some form of breast cancer --- mine was the most severe out of the group...but still it is telling how widespread it is. Granted, we are all probably in the right age group to start getting it, but still most of us are under 50 years old.