Breast Cancer Facts and Statistics
What is Breast Cancer?
The term 'breast cancer' actually refers to a large family of cancer that can develop in any part of the breast tissue.
Cells normally reproduce by dividing in a regular, orderly fashion, however sometimes they change and begin to grow and divide in an irregular, uncontrolled fashion.
These cells can form a lump or tumour and, in some cases, eventually spread to nearby organs, tissues, or more distant parts of the body.
Breast Cancer Statistics
- Nearly 46,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK.
- Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK.
- 1 in 9 women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.
- Around 1,000 women die of breast cancer every month in the UK.
- Around 300 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.
- More women than ever in the UK are surviving breast cancer thanks to better awareness, better screening and better treatments.
