| There has been much research done on the disease, | | | | detection and new treatments. |
| which includes the statistics on its prevalence and | | | | Figures also show that the chance of having the |
| survival rates. Below is an enumeration of these | | | | disease increases with age. By the age of 30, the |
| statistics. | | | | chance of having the disease is 1 out of 2,212. For |
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| Recent figures | | | | 1 out of 8. However, the survival rates are less for |
| Breast cancer has been proven to be the second | | | | younger women because they tend to have more |
| leading cause of cancer deaths in women today. It is | | | | aggressive forms of cancer. It has also been proven |
| also the most common form of cancer among | | | | that white, Hawaiian and African-American women |
| women. This trend is expected to continue. Studies | | | | have the highest incidence of breast cancer as |
| conducted by the World Health Organization estimate | | | | opposed to their Asian counterparts who have some |
| that for 2006, there will be 1.2 million women who will | | | | of the lowest incidence rates. |
| be diagnosed with breast cancer. | | | | Studies also show that early detection increases the |
| Studies have also shown that a woman?s chance of | | | | survival rate by as much as 96 percent, especially for |
| developing breast cancer during her lifetime is about 1 | | | | those women who detect breast cancer in its first |
| out of 7 or 13.4 percent. However, breast cancer is | | | | stage. However, the survival rates for patients who |
| not restricted to women. Studies also estimate that | | | | have had the disease decreases after five years. |
| thousands of men will be diagnosed with the disease. | | | | These figures tell us a number of things. One of |
| Lung Cancer Secrets Revealed Click here | | | | these is that the key to surviving breast cancer is |
| With regard to death rates, it is estimated that the | | | | early detection. Another important thing is that |
| chance that breast cancer will be the cause for a | | | | women need to be aware of the risks that they |
| woman?s death is about 1 in 33, or 3 percent. In | | | | face and that they should take preventive measures |
| recent years, the incidence of breast cancer death | | | | to mitigate the effects of this dreaded disease. |
| has declined. Doctors attribute these declines to early | | | | |