Breast Cancer Statistics
Reducing Your Risk
- Maintaining a healthy weight and exercising regularly can minimize the risk of all cancer types. Source: American Cancer Society
- Knowing your family history can lower your risk for breast cancer. Source: Center for Disease Control
- 80% of young women find breast abnormalities themselves. Source: Young survival coalition
- 85% of breast cancers occur in women who have no known family history of breast cancer. Source: Breastcancer.org
- Regular mammograms increase your breast cancer survival rate by 35%. Source: Breastcancer.org
- 8 out of 10 breast lumps are non-cancerous. Source: Breastcancer.org
- 40 percent of diagnosed breast cancers are detected by women who discovered the lump themselves. Source: Breastcancer.org
- Compared to women who don’t drink at all, women who have three alcoholic drinks per week higher have a 15% risk of breast cancer. Source: Breastcancer.org
