Breast cancer survival rates soar
A breast-cancer diagnosis
can be a devastating
blow. Upon
receiving such a diagnosis,
people may begin
to ask questions about treatment
and the impact cancer
may have on their personal
lives. Many people who are
diagnosed with cancer also
begin to wonder about their
mortality.
An estimated 266,120
new cases of invasive breast
cancer and 63,960 new cases
of non-invasive, or in-situ,
breast cancer are expected
to be diagnosed among women
in the United States this
year, according to Breastcancer.
org. According to the
latest statistics presented by
the Canadian Breast Cancer
foundation, 26,300 women
and 230 men had been diagnosed
with breast cancer in
Canada in 2017.
The good news is that
breast-cancer incidence rates
began decreasing in 2000
after increasing for the previous
two decades. In addition,
death rates from breast
cancer have been decreasing
steadily since 1989.
The National Cancer Institute
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says that the change in
age-adjusted mortality rates
are an indicator of the progress
being made in the fight
against breast cancer. The
most recent SEER Cancer
Statistics Review released in
April 2018 indicates cancer
death rates among women
decreased by 1.4 percent per
year between the years of
2006 and 2015.
The American Cancer
Society says that decreasing
death rates among major cancer
types, including prostate,
colorectal, lung, and breast
cancers, are driving the
overall shift in survival. The
Society says breast-cancer
death rates among women
declined by 39 percent from
1989 to 2015. That progress is
attributed to improvements
in early detection and treatment
protocols. For anyone
doing the math,
over the last 25
years or so,
322,000 lives
have been
saved from
breast cancer.
A similar
scenario
has
unfolded in
Canada. Breast cancer mortality
rates in Canada recently
decreased to 21.4 percent,
down from 21.8 percent in 2011,
states data from the Canadian
Cancer Society. Currently,
the five-year survival rate for
breast cancer among Canadians
is 87 percent, and the fiveyear
net survival in the United
States is 85 percent.
Increased knowledge
about breast cancer, early
detection through examinations
and mammography,
and improved treatments are
helping to drive up the survival
rates of breast cancer.
Although this does not make
diagnosis any less scary, it
does offer hope to those recently
diagnosed.
Early detection and better treatment options are improving the chances of surviving breast cancer.
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