title: Breast cancer.
abstract: Essential facts Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with around 60,000 new cases diagnosed each year, according to the charity Breast Cancer Care. Over a lifetime, women have a one in eight risk of developing it.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology