Epidemiology of breast cancer

Age-standardized deaths from breast cancer per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.[1]

Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women.[note 1] Breast cancer comprises 22.9% of invasive cancers in women[2] and 16% of all female cancers.[3]

In 2008, breast cancer caused 458,503 deaths worldwide, which is 13.7% of cancer deaths in women and 6.0% of all cancer deaths for men and women together.[2] Lung cancer, the second most common cause of cancer-related death in women, caused 12.8% of cancer deaths in women, which is 18.2% of all cancer deaths for men and women together.[2]

The number of cases worldwide has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon partly attributed to the modern lifestyles.[4][5]

  1. ^ "WHO Disease and injury country estimates". World Health Organization. 2009. Retrieved Nov 11, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "World Cancer Report". International Agency for Research on Cancer. 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2011-02-26.(cancer statistics often exclude non-melanoma skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma which though very common are rarely fatal)
  3. ^ "Breast cancer: prevention and control". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06.
  4. ^ Laurance, Jeremy (2006-09-29). "Breast cancer cases rise 80% since Seventies". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on April 25, 2008. Retrieved 2006-10-09.
  5. ^ "Breast Cancer: Statistics on Incidence, Survival, and Screening". [Imaginis Corporation]. 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-09.


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