List Of Breast Cancer Patients By Survival Status
This list of notable breast cancer patients includes people who made significant contributions to their respective fields and who were diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives, as confirmed by public information.
According to the United States National Cancer Institute, an estimated 192,370 new cases and 40,170 deaths (women only; no estimates for male victims due to size of sampling pool) would occur in the United States in 2009.
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