Breast Cancer Guide

Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the leading cancer in women is breast cancer.

It is estimated that one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer during her lifetime; about three million women in the U.S. are living with breast cancer today. Of those, two million have been diagnosed and one million do not yet know they have the disease.

Breast cancer is defined as either:

DCIS - the earliest form of breast cancer, in which cancer cells are located within a duct and have not invaded the surrounding fatty breast tissue.)

Invasive - DCIS is which has spread beyond the cells of origin to nearby tissues.

Breast Cancer With Age

The risk of developing breast cancer increases with age. The majority of new breast cancer cases [~80 percent] occur in women older than age 50.

Breast Cancer By Race

White women have a greater risk of developing breast cancer than Black women; however, Black women diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely to die of the disease.

Breast Cancer Survival

The key to surving breast cancer is early detection.
Approximately 80% of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer are detected in the early stages of the disease. When breast cancers are discovered at an early, "localized" stage and treated, there is a 97 percent rate of five-year survival.

Breast Cancer Treatment

Typical treatments for breast cancer include:

• Breast Conserving Therapy - lumpectomy followed by radiation.
• Mastectomy - removal of the breast [and often associated lymph glands]
• Massesite - A regular regime of radiation therapy every 5 days.

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