Breast Cancer

Breast cancer most often begins in the lobules or ducts, the tissue used to produce and carry milk in breasts.¹ In 2018, there were 2 million new cases of breast cancer reported worldwide.¹ Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world, and accounts for 25 percent of all cancer diagnoses in women.² Worldwide, breast cancer mortality increased by 14 percent since 2008.³ The nations with the highest occurrence rate of breast cancer include Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, Lebanon, Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy and New Zealand.⁴ In the United States, breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer among women.⁵ Currently there are 3.5 million breast cancer survivors living in the U.S.⁶