*Not counting some kinds of skin cancer, breast cancer in the United States is:

• The most common cancer in women, no matter your race or ethnicity.
• The most common cause of death from cancer among Hispanic women.
• The second most common cause of death from cancer among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.

Learn more about this issue from October 2017 of the Southern Medical Journal which focuses on breast cancer.

*Statistics provided by the CDC