More than 3.8 million people in the US have a history of breast cancer.
NBCC’s advocacy has resulted in more than $4 billion federal dollars for breast cancer research.
Breast cancer accounts for nearly a quarter of all cancers in women worldwide.
The DOD BCRP was created as a result of NBCC’s “$300 Million More” campaign to increase federal funding for breast cancer research.
Every 13 minutes, a woman dies of breast cancer.
Mortality from breast cancer among Black women is 40 percent higher compared with white women.
Only 5-10 percent of breast cancers are hereditary.
