- Nearly 48,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK.
- Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK.
- 1 in 8 women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.
- Around 1,000 women die of breast cancer every month in the UK.
- Around 300 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.
- More women than ever in the UK are surviving breast cancer thanks to better awareness, better screening and better treatments.
Breast cancer in Scotland
- Around 4,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in Scotland.
- Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in Scotland.
- Around 1,000 women die of breast cancer every year in Scotland.
- Around 25 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in Scotland.
