34 THE QUEENS COURIER • BREAST CANCER AWARENESS • OCTOBER 8, 2020 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
breast cancer awareness
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.
Th e good news is that breast-cancer
incidence rates began decreasing in
2000 aft er increasing for the previous
two decades. In addition, death rates
from breast cancer have been decreasing
steadily since 1989.
Th e National Cancer Institute says
that the change in age-adjusted mortality
rates are an indicator of the progress
being made in the fi ght against
breast cancer. Th e 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.
Th e 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.
Th e Society says breast-cancer death
rates among women declined by 39 percent
from 1989 to 2015. Th at 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 fi ve-year survival
rate for breast cancer among Canadians
is 87 percent, and the fi ve-year 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 off er hope to those recently
diagnosed. Early detection and better treatment options are improving the chances of surviving breast cancer.
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