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.
The good news is that breast-cancer
incidence rates began decreasing in
2000 after increasing for the previous
two decades. In addition, death rates
from breast cancer have been decreasing
steadily since 1989.
The National Cancer Institute says
that the change in age-adjusted mortality
rates are an indicator of the progress
being made in the fight against breast
cancer. The 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
nyc.pollsitelocator.com
Caribbean L 28 ife, Oct. 11-17, 2019 BQ
2015.
The American Cancer
Society says that decreasing
death rates among major
i
ca
tate
cance
shift in
breastwome
cancer types, including prostate,
colorectal, lung, and breast
cancers, are driving the overall
in survival. The Society says
breast-cancer death rates among
women declined by 39 percent
from
is
from 1989 to 2015. That progress
attributed to improvements
in early detection and treatment
protocols. For anyone
in
doing the math, over the
last 25 years or so, 322,000
have been saved from breast
lives h
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 five-year survival
rate for breast cancer among Canadians
is 87 percent, and the five-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 offer hope to
Jupiterimages those recently diagnosed.
VOTE EARLY OR VOTE
ON ELECTION DAY.
Pick the day that works best for you!
From October 26, 2019 to November 3, 2019 you can vote at your assigned early voting poll site.
Visit
to find your Early Voting poll site or General Election Day
poll site location and hours of operation
/Breastcancer.org
/nyc.pollsitelocator.com