Breast Cancer Deaths Continue Decline, American Cancer Society Report Says
September 27, 2011
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U.S. breast cancer deaths have declined by about 2% annually since 1990, according to an American Cancer Society report, the Los Angeles Times/Boston Globe reports. The report estimates that 192,370 ladies will likely be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 and that 40,170 will die from it. According towards the report, breast cancer deaths amongst black girls have started to decrease at the same rate as white ladies but remain 40% higher.
The report used essentially the most recent information available to discern survival rates for women with breast cancer. It found that 89% are still living five years following diagnosis, 82% at 10 years following diagnosis and 75% at 15 years after diagnosis.
According towards the report, the incidence of breast cancer diagnoses began to grow by 1.6% annually in 1994 after holding steady since 1987. Many specialists believe the increase was tied to far more widespread use of hormone replacement therapy, which was shown in 2002 to increase the risk of breast cancer. From 1999 to 2006, the incidence fell by an average of 2% per year. The average decline was driven by a sharp decrease in diagnoses among 2002 and 2003, when a considerable percentage of ladies stopped using HRT, according to the Times/Globe. A number of the decline may well also be the result of decreased use of mammography during that period (Maugh, Los Angeles Times/Boston Globe, 10/1).
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