• Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers
• About 1 in 8 women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime
• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer

• 750 new cases of breast cancer to be diagnosed in South Dakota
• 290,560 new cases of invasive breast cancer to be diagnosed in the United States
• 110 deaths due to breast cancer to occur in South Dakota
• 43,780 women will die from breast cancer in the United States

• Women are more likely to live when breast cancer is found early
• All women are at risk for having breast cancer and risk gets higher as we age
• Finding breast cancer early often means less surgery and a better chance to get well

1. American Cancer Society. What are the key statistics about breast cancer?
2. Cancer Facts and Figures 2022
3. cdc.gov/cancer/breast