The Stories And Statistics Behind Breast Cancer: Part One

In a statistics report by Datamonitor Healthcare, breast cancer is projected to increase in the United States, as well as all stages of the disease. In cases involving women, a 2020 paper from the National Institutes of Health found that white women in the U.S. have a 5-year survival rate of 92% compared to 81% for Black women. The paper also found Black women are less likely to get breast cancer but more likely to die from it. For men with breast cancer, the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) says that the current five-year survival rate is 84%.

Learn about additional drug facts on HER2+ and TNBC, statistics on BRCA, black women and breast cancer, incidences of breast cancer by age, stage, country, and more, in part one of this survivor series, where individuals and their loved ones open up about treatments and challenges they’ve faced while fighting breast cancer.

To view Part Two, click here.