Breast Cancer Survival Rates

5 Year Breast Cancer Survival Rates

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Below you will find the 5 year breast cancer survival rates. There are a couple of things to understand about these breast cancer survival statistics. The first thing - they are just statistics. If you have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, or know someone who has - they may far out live the statistics!! These statistics are not a sentence. Breast cancer statistics are used to analyze large populations of people, not individuals.

The second thing to understand is that these stats refer to the number of people who are still alive after 5 years who received acceptable treatments. Many of these people live for 10, 15 or even 20 years after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Your survival is not a statistic!!!

With that all being said, you can look at the numbers as and idea of how tough the journey will be.

The big take away from this... early detection has a huge impact on women overcoming breast cancer. The sooner you are able to identify breast cancer, the better your chances of beating it. And until there is a cure, catching it early is the next best thing. The difference in beating breast cancer between Stage 1 and Stage 3 breast cancer is a 20 to 30%. Click here for more information on the impact of early detection and breast cancer survival rates.