10 InterestingFacts about

Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer canAffect the Young

Aleisha Hunter, from Ontario, Canada, is theyoungest known survivor of breast cancer. In2010, Aleisha underwent a completemastectomy to treat her juvenile strain ofbreast cancer.

The first operation to use anesthesia was a breast cancer procedure

The left breast is statistically more likely to develop breast cancer than the right breast, butscientists are unsure why.

Mastectomiesare Ancient

The first recorded mastectomy wasperformed on Theodora, theEmpress of Byzantine, in A.D 548.

Just What is Metastatic?

After breast cancer spreads beyond the breast, it is classified as metastatic. The most commonlocations for metastasis includes the bones, liver, and lungs.

Pregnancy Blues

Approximately 1 in 3000 women will develop breast cancer during pregnancy. Chances forsurvival for these women are less than breast cancer patients who do not develop the conditionduring pregnancy.

Ancestry Matters

1 in 40 women of Ashkenazi (French, German, & East European) Jewish descent carry the breastcancer gene, which is significantly higher than the 1 in 500 to 800 people carry the gene in thegeneral population.

Stay off the Hormones!

Breast cancer risk increases when a woman uses hormone replacement therapy for 5 ormore years. Risk is at its greatest when both estrogen and progesterone are taken together.

Long ago, breast cancer was often called nun’s disease because of the high number of nunsaffected by the cancer.

Densityis Risky

Women with a high breast density risk are 4 to 6 times more likely to develop breast cancer.

1 in 8 women in the US will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, and for nearly 30% of them, the cancer will metastasize.

Today, an estimated 150,000 to 250,000 women and men are living with metastatic breast cancer in the US.

The average survival for a metastatic diagnosis is only 3 years.

Stats of Interest

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