A variety of statistics are used to quantify the burden (occurrence and outcome) of cancer
generally and of breast cancer specifically. When undertaking any cancer control program …

Breast cancer in women is a major public health problem throughout the world. It is the most
common cancer among women both in developed and developing countries. One in ten of …

This paper describes trends in the primary measures of breast cancer. Data on incidence
and mortality are drawn from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, and …

Breast cancer mortality is declining in the United States, as well as in certain other
industrialized areas—such as Canada, Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom …

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and the most common cause of cancer-
related mortality among women worldwide. However, the burden is not evenly distributed …

The incidence of breast cancer rose about 1% per year between 1940 and 1980 according
to data in the Connecticut Tumor Registry. A sharp increase of 32% was reported between …

BACKGROUND: This paper presents the latest international descriptive epidemiological
data for invasive breast cancer amongst women, including incidence, survival and mortality …

Among US women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer (excluding skin
cancers) and the second leading cause of cancer death, following lung cancer. In 2012, an …

One in ten of all new cancers diagnosed worldwide each year is a cancer of the female
breast, and it is the most common cancer in women in both developing and developed …

The incidence of breast cancer continues to increase and will reach close to one million new
patients annually by the year 2000. The highest age-specific rates occur in developed …