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| Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2003-2004 |
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CAFF2003BrFPWSecured.pdf |
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| About the Document |
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in US women, with 211,300 invasive and 55,700 in situ cases expected in 2003, accounting for nearly one in every three cancers diagnosed. It is also the second leading cause of death in US women; 39,800 deaths are expected in 2003.
Progress in both early detection and treatment of breast cancer has resulted in decreasing mortality rates in most segments of the population during the 1990s; more than 90% of breast cancers are now diagnosed at localized and regional stages, for which five-year survival rates are 97% and 79%, respectively.
Although breast cancer incidence (all ages combined) is about 20% higher in white women than in African American women, African American women have a higher mortality rate.
Other racial and ethnic groups have lower incidence rates than either whites or African Americans. However, the proportion of disease diagnosed at advanced stage and with larger tumor sizes is generally higher in minority populations than in whites.
Continued progress against breast cancer requires application of existing knowledge on prevention, early detection, and treatment, especially among racial and ethnic minorities and other populations who have not benefited equally from advances in the past, as well as continued research into how to better prevent, detect, and treat the disease.
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