Breast Cancer Awareness: Breast Cancer Facts
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- One in eight women in the Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
- Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women.
- Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women.
- 26,300 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. This represents 25% of all new cancer cases in women in 2017.
- 230 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 60 will die from breast cancer.
- On average, 72 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every day.
- On average, 14 Canadian women will die from breast cancer every day.
Information from National Breast Cancer Organization: http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-facts
