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Cancer Types - Breast Cancer Statistics

The SEER Program, a continuing project of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), collects cancer data on a routine basis from designated population-based cancer registries in various areas of the country. Trends in cancer incidence, mortality and patient survival in the United States, as well as many other studies, are derived from this data bank.

Goals of the SEER program are:

> assembling and reporting, on a periodic basis, estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in the United States

> monitoring annual cancer incidence trends to identify unusual changes in specific forms of cancer occurring in population subgroups defined by geographic, demographic, and social characteristics

> providing continuing information on changes over time in the extent of disease at diagnosis, trends in therapy, and associated changes in patient survival

> promoting studies designed to identify factors amenable to cancer control interventions, such as:

a) environmental, occupational, socioeconomic, dietary, and health-related exposures

b) screening practices, early detection, and treatment

c) determinants of the length and quality of patient survival

Breast Cancer Statistics

Statistics on breast cancer:

Consider the following statistics related to breast cancer:

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women. American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates for 2005 include 211,240 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women being diagnosed in the US. In addition, carcinoma in situ will be responsible for 58,490 new cases this year. Of these, 85 percent will be ductal carcinoma in situ.
In 2005, it is estimated that 1,690 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Year 2005 estimates include nearly 40,870 deaths occurring from breast cancer in the US alone - this includes approximately 40,410 women and 460 men.
Breast cancer ranks second among cancer deaths in women (after lung cancer).
Regardless of age, African-American women have the highest breast cancer death rates.

For more detailed information on breast cancer, including information on diagnosis, treatment and genetics, visit the Breast Cancer Center home page.

Cancer Care at Rush

When it comes to treating cancer, experience matters. And Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, has it, with one of the Midwest’s largest and most comprehensive cancer treatment programs, combining leading-edge therapies with vital emotional support.

For more information, visit the Cancer Programs home page.

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