Although around 95 percent of breast cancer patients live at least five years past their diagnosis, the organization says, only half of them survive 20 years. However, the longer you go without a recurrence, the higher your chances get of staying cancer-free. Eating right and exercising may reduce your risk of developing breast cancer. Not smoking can improve your breast health. And some research shows that smoking can hinder a woman's chances of surviving the disease after being diagnosed.
Men can develop breast cancer too.
About 400 men in the US die each year from breast cancer.