Scary statistics

The American Cancer Society posted its estimated statistics on new breast cancer cases for 2014:

...estimates for breast cancer in women in the United States for 2014 are:

• About 232,570 new cases of invasive breast cancer
• About 62,570 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the breast will be found (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
• About 40,000 deaths from breast cancer
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/overviewguide/breast-cancer-overview-key-statistics


It's scary to be one of the new cases--but I'm grateful that it was discovered at Stage 2 and that I am not one of the 40,000 deaths from breast cancer.

At least not this year.