About Breast Cancer: Facts and
Diagnostic Methods
According to the American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute, the facts surrounding breast cancer are as follows:
- 1-in-8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
- Approximately 87% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history or elevated genetic risk to developing breast cancer.
- An estimated 1-in-4 women diagnosed with breast cancer is under 49 years of age.
- Breast cancer found in women under 49 years of age is usually more aggressive.
- An estimated 20-25% of all breast cancers are missed by screening mammography, and that number is higher in premenopausal women and women with denser breast tissue and/or previous surgical procedures.
- Each year in the U.S. alone an estimated 210,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and over 41,000 women will die.
Yet, the #1 statistic about breast cancer is this - It is 97% survivable with early detection.
The BT Test® provides an entirely new testing capability, at the molecular level, providing physicians with an additional analytical tool to their arsenal to help detect breast cancer earlier.