That figure drops to around 4% for women 60 to 79, mainly because the chances of getting breast cancer rise the older women get.

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The number of people diagnosed with breast cancer is projected to rise to around 5, 180 a year from 2018 to 2022, compared with around 4, 430 a year in 2008-12.

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Mutations in introns give rise to cystic fibrosis, breast cancer or forms of anemia.

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