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The facts
  • Breast cancer is currently the most common female cancer in the UK.
  • Nearly 48,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK.
  • One in eight women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime
  • Over 80% of breast cancers occur in women over 50 years of age.
  • More than 1,000 women die from the disease every month in the UK.
  • Men can also develop breast cancer but this is much more rare. Around 300 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK.
  • More women than ever in the UK are surviving breast cancer thanks to better awareness, better treatments and better screening.
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