However, unlike earlier years, the 1992 figure includes women over the age 85. Older women are among those most likely to develop the disease. It is important to remember that this rate looks at the average woman's chance of getting the disease over her lifetime. It does not say that one in eight women has breast cancer. The risk is creeping up, but at a much slower rate than the risk figures indicate.
More women die from breast cancer than any other form of cancer.
While breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, women are more likely to die from lung cancer. This year 62,000 American women will die from lung cancer, and 46,000 from breast cancer. Much of the increase is due to increased smoking among women. As a woman, I don't have to worry about osteoporosis until I reach menopause. Prevention needs to begin early.