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Global Breast, Cervical Cancer Estimate Hits 2 Million
Global Breast, Cervical Cancer Estimate Hits 2 Million
K Wachter
20110814
2011 Sept 14
Elsevier Global Medical News
Global Breast, Cervical Cancer Estimate Hits 2 Million
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Sept 14, K Wachter
Cervical and breast cancer may soon be as great a cause of death as is maternal mortality in reproductive-aged women worldwide, given calculated trends from a newly released study.The worldwide incidence of breast cancer has tripled annually since 1980, reaching 1.6 million cases in 2010; mortality from breast cancer has increased at an annual rate of 1.8%, reaching 425,000. While the worldwide incidence of cervical cancer has increased at a slower annual rate of 0.6%, reaching more than 450,000...