What are the odds of getting and surviving breast cancer?
Many survival and risks of incidence are correlated with the age of the patient and the stage of the cancer when discovered. A report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that about 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. The present estimate is higher than the 1-in-9 figure reported previously by the American Cancer Society (ACS), primarily due to the inclusion of the oldest age groups in the new calculations. The 1-in-9 estimate used a cutoff age of 85 years, but the new 1-in-8 figure (approximately 12.6 percent) includes all age groups in 5-year intervals up to an open-ended interval of 95 years and over. Each age interval is assigned a weight in the calculations based on the proportion of the population living to that age. The probability of developing breast cancer before age 85 remains approximately 1 in 9. Survival rates really depending on a combination of health status, age, stage of the cancer and other factors. See your
