How common is breast cancer?

How common is breast cancer?

Richard E. Gould (Hematologist/Oncologist, Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center) gives expert video advice on: What are the most common types of breast cancer?; What causes breast cancer?; Is breast cancer fatal? and more...

With regards to breast cancer, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer for women in the United States, and it's estimated that one in eight women will develop breast cancer over her lifetime. The majority of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer are post menopausal and over the age of fifty, although premenopausal women can and do develop breast cancer. Therefore it's important for women to get the appropriate screenings to pick up breast cancer early, because the earlier breast cancer is found, the greater the chance of a cure.