1 in 3 women will develop cancer in her lifetime, and 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer. Cancer the 2nd leading cause of death in the world, killing 58 million people each year. The leading… 

1 in 3 women will develop cancer in her lifetime, and 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer. Cancer the 2nd leading cause of death in the world, killing 58 million people each year. The leading cancer in women is breast cancer, with 1.2 million diagnosed globally and killing 500,000 each year. Breast cancer is the leading cancer in women, representing 31% of all cancer in U.S. women. (Although men also suffer from breast cancer, 99% of all breast cancers occur in women). Breast cancer kills 500,000 people globally, and 1,200,000 are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.