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Transcript: BREAST CANCER: NEW EFFORTS UNDERWAY
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- October 21, 1998
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Overview: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer of women
and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among American women.
Regular
mammography and clinical breast exams are essential for early detection
of breast cancer. For women age 50-69, having regular mammograms can
reduce
the chance of death from breast cancer by one- third or more. During
the
most recent five-year period, mortality rates among white women declined
for all decades of ages between 30 and 79 and for all decades of ages
among
black women from 30 to 69. A July 1998 article in the journal Cancer
attributes
the decrease to a trend toward progressively earlier diagnosis of
breast
cancer. ...