The breast cancer mortality rate in the US (age-adjusted) was 48/100 000 women in 1975 and 27/100 000 women in 2019. Impressive, indeed.

In 2023, an estimated 297,790 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in U.S. women, along with 55,720 new cases of DCIS.

In 2023, an estimated 2,800 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in men. A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 833.

Here are some numbers to demonstrate how the drops in mortality #s are even more impressive: The incidence of breast cancer was 106/100K women in 1975; by 2019, it had risen to 136/100K.

Unfortunately, a 2024 report just out shows that breast cancer is one of the cancers that continues to rise in incidence. I'll be writing about that this week.

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And I couldn't agree with you more about risk reduction/prevention. As you know, much of my writing focuses on potential risk-reducing maneuvers. Now, if we get the financial investments in studying prevention (the way drug companies, the government, etc., pony up $ $ $ for treatment study, you and I would both be pleased.

Thank you for reading the piece and sharing your spot-on observation about prevalence.

Warm regards,

Michael