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Breast cancer remains the most common cancer in women in the United States, with an estimated 319,750 new cases projected this year. Globally, the numbers are even more sobering: about 700,000 new diagnoses and 490,000 deaths annually, with the highest incidence rates seen in North America, Europe, and Australia.
One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. While 2020 is still plagued with coronavirus worries, an estimated 276,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in America.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is the second most common cancer in American women, except for skin cancer, and while it is most prevalent in women, men can get breast cancer as well.