UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING
~1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.(1)
15% Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women.(2)
40% of women have dense breast tissue.(3)
Women age 45 to 54 should get mammograms every year.(4)
Early detection in order to improve breast cancer outcome and survival remains the cornerstone of breast cancer control.(5)
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(*) https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3322/canjclin.55.5.266 Dec 2008, https://doi.org/10.3322/canjclin.55.5.266
(1) https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics
(2) https://www.who.int/cancer/PRGlobocanFinal.pdf
(3) Pisano et al. Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast –Cancer Screening. NEJM 2005;353:1773.
(4) https://www.cancer.org/healthy/find-cancer-early/cancer-screening-guidelines/american-cancer-society-guidelines-for-the-early-detection-of-cancer.html
(5) https://www.who.int/cancer/detection/breastcancer/en/
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