• Each year in the United States, about 255,000 women get breast cancer and 42,000 women die from the disease.

• Men also get breast cancer, but it is not very common. About 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the United States is found in a man.

• Most breast cancers are found in women who are 50 years old or older, but breast cancer also affects younger women.

Source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention