RT Book, Section
A1 Comander, Amy
A1 Cigler, Tessa
A1 Ryan, Paula D.
A2 Chabner, Bruce A.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1127649539
T1 Breast Oncology: Clinical Presentation and Genetics
T2 Harrison's Manual of Oncology, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793254
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127649539
RD 2024/04/25
AB In  the  United  States,  breast  cancer  is  the  most  commonly  diagnosed  cancer  among  women  and  is  second  only  to  lung  cancer  as  the  leading  cause  of  cancer-related  deaths  in  women  (1).  In  2013,  approximately  234,000  women  will  be  diagnosed  with  breast  cancer  in  the  United  States  and  40,000  women  will  die  of  the  disease.  An  estimated  2200  men  will  be  diagnosed  with  breast  cancer  this  year.  In  the  United  States,  the  lifetime  probability  of  developing  breast  cancer  is  one  in  eight  (2).  Since  1975,  breast  cancer  mortality  rates  have  declined.  This  decline  in  mortality  is  largely  attributable  to  increased  use  of  screening  mammography,  as  well  as  advances  in  adjuvant  therapy.