DeSantis CE et al. - The American Cancer Society data regarding the 2017 breast cancer statistics in the US were analyzed.Based on the ACS data, it is expected that there will be 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 40,610 breast cancer deaths.The breast cancer death rate decreased by 39% between 1989 and 2015, resulting in 322,600 fewer breast cancer deaths.Excess breast cancer death rates occurred in 20% and 66% of black women in Nevada and Louisiana, respectively.