Breast cancer detection

Diagnosed cases of breast cancer rose by 260 per cent and those of cervical cancer by 20 per cent from 1980 to 2010, with the biggest hikes occurring in developing countries, according to global estimates reported last Thursday in The...

Diagnosed cases of breast cancer rose by 260 per cent and those of cervical cancer by 20 per cent from 1980 to 2010, with the biggest hikes occurring in developing countries, according to global estimates reported last Thursday in The Lancet.

Identified cases of breast cancer around the world rose from around 640,000 in 1980, when 65 per cent occurred in rich countries, to 1.6 million in 2010, of which 51 per cent were among women in developing nations.

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