CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST

CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women, with an estimated 2.3 million new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2020, representing about 25% of all cancers in women. Inci dence rates vary widely across the world, from 27 per 100 /uni00A0 000 in Middle Africa and East Asia to 92 per 100 /uni00A0 000 in North America. In western Europe approximately one in nine women will develop breast cancer, accounting for 3–5% of all deaths in women. In resour ce-poor countries 1 in 28 women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime and for every 2 women diagnosed with breast cancer 1 dies of cancer. Henri Mondor , 1885–1962, Professor of Surgery , Paris, France.

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