Herein, the American Cancer Society provides its biennial update of breast cancer statistics among women in the United States, including the estimated numbers of new cases and deaths in 2024 by age; incidence and mortality rates and trends by age, race and ethnicity, stage, molecular subtype, an...
Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in the United States and compiles the most recent data on population‐based cancer occurrence and outcomes using incidence data collected by central cancer registries (through 2020) and mortality data collecte...
Surpassing lung cancer for the first time in 2020, breast cancer has become the most common cancer in women diagnosed in the U.S. and worldwide [1]. The incidence of breast cancer has increased dramatically from 641,000 cases in 1980 to more than 2.3 million in 20201, 2. Despite new ...
Breast cancer, the most frequent female malignancy, is often curable when detected at an early stage. The treatment of metastatic breast cancer is more challenging and may be unresponsive to conventional therapy. In a comprehensive review, researchers explore how the tumor microenvironment (TME) influ...
At ASCO 2024, Avan J. Armaghani, MD, highlights two key presentations. First, a retrospective study on adjuvant endocrine therapy in ER-low breast cancer (1%-10% ER-positivity) demonstrated that patients who skipped this therapy had significantly worse overall survival, especially those who receiv...
The minister said in a statement for Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2017 that the majority of breast cancer cases occur in women aged 40 to 60 in Brunei. "One can reduce their risk of getting cancer by living a healthy lifestyle," he said. "This includes regular exercise, consuming a healt...
Breast Cancer Therapeutics Market Analysis by Cancer Type The hormone receptor segment dominates the breast cancer therapeutics market, capturing 67.3% of the market share in 2024 due to the rising prevalence of hormone rec...
In October 2024, footwear brand Andre Assous is continuing its support for Susan G. Komen by donating $5 from each pair of shoes sold on its website during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Additionally, the brand invites customers to donate at checkout through September 2025, promising to match...
Axillary surgery for patients with breast cancer (BC) in 2024 is becoming increasingly specific, moving away from the previous ‘one size fits all’ radical approach. The goal is to spare morbidity whilst maintaining oncologic safety. In the upfront surgery setting, a first landmark randomized co...
In cases where surgery isn’t feasible, clinical staging is employed. Imaging technologies like CT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds, and PET scans help identify cancer's spread, while the TNM system categorizes tumors, nodes, and metastases. Related Associations: British Association of Breast Cancer ...