Want the truth: You go to the source so all the information here is provided by America Cancer Society:
Estimated New Female Breast Cancer
Cases and Deaths by Age, US, 2011*
Who gets breast cancer?
Sex
• Excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, accounting for nearly 1 in 3 cancers diagnosed in US women.
• Men are generally at low risk for developing breast cancer; however, they should report any change in their breasts to a physician.
Age
• Breast cancer incidence and death rates generally increase with age (Figure 1, page 1). Ninety-five percent of new cases and 97% of breast cancer deaths occurred in women 40 years of age and older.
• During 2004-2008, among adult women, those 20-24 years of age had the lowest incidence rate, 1.5 cases per 100,000 women; women 75-79 years of age had the highest incidence rate, 421.3 cases per 100,000. The decrease in incidence rates that occurs in women 80 years of age and older may reflect lower rates of screening, the detection of cancers by mammography before 80 years of age, and/or incomplete detection.
• During 2004-2008, the median age at the time of breast cancer diagnosis was 61 years.
This means that 50% of women who developed breast cancer were 61 years of age or younger at the time of diagnosis.
Age
|
In
Situ Cases
|
Invasive
Cases
|
Deaths
|
Under 40
|
1,780
|
11,330
|
1,160
|
Under 50
|
14,240
|
50,430
|
5,240
|
50-64
|
23,360
|
81,970
|
11,620
|
65+
|
20,050
|
98,080
|
22,660
|
All ages
|
57,650
|
230,480
|
39,520
|
*Rounded to the nearest 10.
Source: Total estimated cases are based on 1995-2007
incidence rates from 46 states as reported by the North American Association
for Central Cancer Registries. Total estimated deaths are based on data from
US Mortality Data, 1969-2007, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
American Cancer Society, Surveillance Research, 2011
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Who gets breast cancer?
Sex
• Excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, accounting for nearly 1 in 3 cancers diagnosed in US women.
• Men are generally at low risk for developing breast cancer; however, they should report any change in their breasts to a physician.
Age
• Breast cancer incidence and death rates generally increase with age (Figure 1, page 1). Ninety-five percent of new cases and 97% of breast cancer deaths occurred in women 40 years of age and older.
• During 2004-2008, among adult women, those 20-24 years of age had the lowest incidence rate, 1.5 cases per 100,000 women; women 75-79 years of age had the highest incidence rate, 421.3 cases per 100,000. The decrease in incidence rates that occurs in women 80 years of age and older may reflect lower rates of screening, the detection of cancers by mammography before 80 years of age, and/or incomplete detection.
• During 2004-2008, the median age at the time of breast cancer diagnosis was 61 years.
This means that 50% of women who developed breast cancer were 61 years of age or younger at the time of diagnosis.
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