- More than 9 in 10 (95.8%) of women diagnosed with breast cancer in England survive their disease for one year or more (2013-2017).
- Almost 9 in 10 (85%) of women diagnosed with breast cancer in England survive their disease for five years or more (2013-2017).
- It is predicted that around 3 in 4 (75.9%) of women diagnosed with breast cancer in England survive their disease for ten years or more (2013-2017).
- Breast cancer survival in England is highest for women diagnosed aged 60-69, probably because of screening, and less favourable tumour characteristics in younger women (2009-2013).
Internet ref is www.cancerresearch.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer#heading-Three
- Around 9 in 10 women in England diagnosed with breast cancer between ages 40-69 survive their disease for five years or more, compared with 7 in 10 women diagnosed aged 80 and over (2009-2013).
- Breast cancer survival is improving and has doubled in the last 40 years in the UK.
- In the 1970s, 4 in 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer survived their disease beyond ten years, now it’s around 8 in 10.