Breast Cancer
Awareness Month 2023

Living Beyond Breast Cancer helps people diagnosed with breast cancer understand their options, make informed decisions, and connect to people who have been where they are.  Those diagnosed are taking control of their experience by making choices that express their values and individuality.

This October, Living Beyond Breast Cancer is sharing some of the ways people thrive with breast cancer and how your support today can help people impacted by breast cancer — all year long. This year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month theme is Thrive365.

Quick facts about breast cancer

• About 1 in 8 U.S. women and 1 in 833 U.S. men will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lives.
• In 2023, an estimated 300,590 cases (297,790 women and 2,800 men) of invasive breast cancer, along with an estimated 55,720 new cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), will be diagnosed in the US.
• An estimated 43,780 people will lose their lives to metastatic breast cancer in 2023.
• As of January 2022, there were over 4 million women living with a history of breast cancer in the US.
• About 9 percent of all new breast cancer cases are diagnosed in women 45 and under.
• Though Black women have a lower incidence of breast cancer than white women, Black women are 40 percent more likely to die of breast cancer. 

These numbers remind us there is still urgent work to do — more than we can accomplish in just one month.

Why Living Beyond Breast Cancer?

For over 30 years, Living Beyond Breast Cancer has been a trusted resource for people with breast cancer and their loved ones. We have provided information to and a community for more than a million people. Yet, we have so much more to do. When you support Living Beyond Breast Cancer, you make an immediate, positive difference in the lives of people affected by breast cancer.

Living Beyond Breast Cancer is one of the highest-ranking breast cancer organizations in the U. S.:

• For 18 consecutive years, LBBC has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. Four stars is the highest possible ranking for financial health and responsibility.
• Through strong financial management, we earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid (formerly GuideStar).
• USA Today recommends LBBC as one of the top breast cancer charities for support services and education.
• We have been awarded three competitive CDC Cooperative Agreements in a row to serve young women with breast cancer.

Show my support

• Join our email list and stay up to date with breast cancer news and events.
• Get social and share your story. Follow us on social media, share our Thrive365 facts and figures, and your own story. Your likes and shares help us draw attention to important issues affecting the breast cancer community. They also help us reach more people who can benefit from our programs and services.
• Be informed about breast cancer, share trusted information, and understand your risk.

Partner with us

There are many ways to support the breast cancer community – through financial donations, employee engagement, customer involvement, and event and cause-related sponsorship. Join over 80 corporate and industry partners to support one of the highest rated breast cancer charities in the US.