Every woman is at risk for breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the United States.
It occurs rarely in men. A breast cancer is newly diagnosed every three minutes, and a woman will die from breast cancer every twelve minutes. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women between the ages of 35 and 54. Eighty percent of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer are over the age of 50. 7. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for African American women.