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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 285,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and some 43,250 will die of the disease in 2022. In addition, an estimated 2,710 men are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer and 530 will die of the disease this year.
Breast cancer is the most common type of non-skin cancer in women in the United States, accounting for 15 percent of all new cases. And it is second to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in American women.
There are a number of different types of breast cancer. The most common form of breast cancer is ductal carcinoma, which begins in the cells of the ducts. Cancer that begins in the lobes or lobules is called lobular carcinoma and is more often found in both breasts than are other types of breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare type of breast cancer in which the breast is warm, red, and swollen.