The American Cancer Society released exciting news on Tuesday. Between 1989 and 2015, the death rate from breast cancer dropped 40 percent. The report points to early detection during mammography and improvements in treatments as the contributing factors. But it is still a great concern, already expecting to bring 252,000 new cases this year alone Statistics showed that U.S. women have a 1 in 8 chance of being diagnosed. 'VEEP' star and 'Seinfeld' alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus recently went public with her diagnosis.