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  DiseasesDB 1598
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  MeshID D001943


Breast cancer is a Cancer of the glandular Breast tissue.

Worldwide, breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death (after Lung Cancer , Stomach Cancer , Liver Cancer , and Colon Cancer ). In 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of all deaths) worldwide. Among women worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer and the most common cause of cancer death.1

In the United States, breast cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer and colon cancer). In 2007, breast cancer is expected to cause 40,910 deaths (7% of cancer deaths; almost 2% of all deaths) in the U.S.2
Among women in the U.S., breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer). Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 8 lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and a 1 in 33 chance of breast cancer causing their death.3