Breast cancer

What research knows about breast cancer comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

8.2 million

People alive within 5 years of a breast cancer diagnosis, worldwide, 2024

source

New diagnoses

One every 13 seconds

2.4 million a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 10 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind breast cancer

Pathology report with ER, PR and HER2 status
Pathology reports
once, at initial histopathological diagnosis
guideline
Mammogram
Scan reports
annual for 5 years, then annual until entering national screening
guideline
Breast MRI before surgery
Scan reports
once, in preoperative assessment when indicated
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$74

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $74 to $869

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Pathology reportsx1$3.49how
Scan reportsx2$4.86how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Already paid elsewhere

What people with breast cancer have been paid for sharing

Published payments for a research interview or survey about it. What patients are paid for research

Breast cancer
$120
Metastatic breast cancer patients, 60-minute phone interview
Rat Race Rebellion, 2025source

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Breast cancer

What research knows about breast cancer comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

8.2 million

People alive within 5 years of a breast cancer diagnosis, worldwide, 2024

source

New diagnoses

One every 13 seconds

2.4 million a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 10 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind breast cancer

Pathology report with ER, PR and HER2 status
Pathology reports
once, at initial histopathological diagnosis
guideline
Mammogram
Scan reports
annual for 5 years, then annual until entering national screening
guideline
Breast MRI before surgery
Scan reports
once, in preoperative assessment when indicated
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$74

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $74 to $869

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Pathology reportsx1$3.49how
Scan reportsx2$4.86how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Already paid elsewhere

What people with breast cancer have been paid for sharing

Published payments for a research interview or survey about it. What patients are paid for research

Breast cancer
$120
Metastatic breast cancer patients, 60-minute phone interview
Rat Race Rebellion, 2025source

Share your story about breast cancer All conditions