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Breast cancer epidemiology

and 21st in Europe, while Czech female breast cancer mortality rates rank 145th worldwide and 36th in...

Breast cancer

disease. Possibilities of decreasing breast cancer mortality rates are demanding both from the organisational and financial point of view,...


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Screening mammography is linked to a reduction in breast cancer mortality, a study shows

mammography is linked to a reduction in breast cancer mortality, a study... is linked to a subsequent decline in breast cancer mortality. New findings have just been published in the Journal of Medical Screening... (New Zealand) investigated trends in breast cancer mortality in New Zealand women in order to either corroborate or negate a causal... cancer mortality, screening mammography, New...

Benefits of mammography screening outweigh adverse effects for women aged 50–69 years

screening is effective in reducing breast cancer mortality for women aged 50–69 years, and that the benefit of reduced mortality extends t... examination, breast self-examination, breast cancer mortality...

Global cancer burden rises to 14.1 million new cases in 2012: Marked increase in breast cancers must be addressed

100 000 in eastern Africa. In contrast, breast cancer mortality rates in these two regions are almost identical, at about 15 per 100 000,... 2012, cancer incidence, cancer prevalence, cancer mortality, global cancer burden, breast cancer, cervical...

Mammograms reveal response to common cancer drug

have a fifty per cent reduction in breast cancer mortality. This tool provides doctors with the possibility to assess whether a patient...

Breast cancer screening programmes: benefits outweigh harm

The impact of mammographic screening on breast cancer mortality in Europe: a review of observational studies Journal of Medical Screening DOI:...

Physical activity linked to reduced mortality in breast and colon cancer patients

is associated with reduced breast and colon cancer mortality, but there is insufficient evidence on the association for other cancer types,...

Drug prolongs lives of patients with hormone-sensitive breast cancer

disease, tamoxifen reduces 15-year breast cancer mortality by at least a third, whether or not chemotherapy has been given. Tamoxifen was...

Breast screening in the Czech Republic: achievements of the first seven years of the organized programme

early stage is on the rise. And second, breast cancer mortality has stabilized. These two seemingly uninteresting facts can be interpreted as...

Reasons for poor breast cancer management in developing countries

that are necessary for decreasing breast cancer mortality. In middle-resource countries, the main challenges are late-stage...