Breast Cancer - White Paper
Every year, 1.3 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer1. Breast cancer is
the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer2. Everyone has been
impacted in some manner by breast cancer, whether as a patient, or as the parent, spouse, child or
friend of a breast cancer patient. In the US 12.15% of women (1 in 8) born today will be diagnosed with
cancer of the breast at some point during their lifetime. October begins National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, the annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer
charities to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention
and cure.