Breast Cancer Deaths by Year. Simple Raw Numbers.

Here is a chart to start Pinktober:

 Overall Breast Cancer Mortality by Year - USA*



Year
Source
No. of Deaths


2015**
Cancer.org
40,730


2013-2014
Cancer.org
39,620


201l-2012
Cancer.org
39,520

2009-2010
Cancer.org
40,170

2007-2008
Cancer.org
40,460

2005-2006
Cancer.org
40,410

2003-2004
Cancer.org
39,800

2001
Wiley Online Library
40,600

2000
TCSG.org (ACS)
41,200

1999
Cancer Journal

Pity Party and a Breast Cancer Lesson

Six years ago, when first diagnosed with cancer, I did what many do, including you, dear reader, who is maybe finding my blog for the first time.   I searched online for breast cancer stories, to find other women like me.  The one burning question I had, that you have too, is "What is going to happen to me?  Am I going to die of cancer?"

We all think that at the beginning.  Every single one of

The Brobe - and a contest!

The Brobe

"It's my baby, just like your blog is to you," said Allison, as she wrote to me about her cancer-inspired bathrobe.

Her words caught my attention.  I have put a lot of time, energy and thought into writing this blog.  I am as protective of it as a 1950s teenager would be of the diary in which she wrote "Mrs. John Smith" over and over. Not that every word is perfection, of course;