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What is the incidence of and mortality from breast cancer in the United States?

April 26, 2017breast cancer mortality united states

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What is the incidence of and mortality from breast cancer in the United States?

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This year, 182,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer (one every 3 minutes) and 43,300 women will die (one every 12 minutes). A report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that about 1 in 8 women in the United States (approximately 12.6 percent) will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. (National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.