Breast Cancer:
Status Report
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This year in the United States an estimated 180,000 women will learn
they have breast cancer. Three-fourths of the cases of breast cancer occur
in women ages 50 or older, but it affects younger women, too (and about
1,400 men a year).
More women are getting breast cancer, but no one yet knows all the
reasons why. Some of the increase can be traced to better ways of
recognizing cancer and detecting cancers in an early stage. The increase also may be
the result of changes in the way we live-- postponing childbirth, taking
replacement hormones
and oral contraceptives, eating high-fat foods, or drinking more
alcohol.
The encouraging news is that, more and more, breast cancer is being
detected early, while the tumor
is limited to the breast and very small. Currently, two-thirds of
newly diagnosed breast cancers show no signs that the cancer has spread
beyond the breast.
With prompt and appropriate treatment, the outlook for women with
breast cancer is good. Moreover, a majority of women diagnosed with early
stage breast cancer are candidates for treatment that saves the
breast.
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