2,748,000 live woman have breast cancer.
Almost 40,000 deaths from breast cancer this year.
There are 1600 clinical trials going on in the U.S. for treatments.
5 year survival for localized (no spread) breast CA: 98%
5 year survival for metastatic breast CA: 24%
There are 229,000 new cases of breast cancer each year.
Men get it too...
1 in every 1,000 men will get breast cancer.
2200 new cases of male breast cancer each year.
400 men will die from breast cancer this year.