Breast Cancer • Introduction

• Statistics Worldwide Arab World

Noor Halawa Dr. Samar Musmar

Breast cancer starts in the cells of the breast

4 stages (I ,II,III,IV)

Worldwide

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, comprising 16% of all female cancers

Breast cancer is newly diagnosed in more than 1.1 million women annually; these cases represent 10% of all new cancer cases

breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer

Breast cancer deaths, at more than 410,000 annually, represent about 1.6% of all female deaths worldwide.

Worldwide

Is breast cancer the most common cause of death for women?

heart disease

stroke

lung cancer

respiratory disease

breast cancer

alzheimer's disease

diabetes

influenza

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Worldwide

Breast cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer among Hispanic women

the second most common cause of death from cancer among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.

United States

Breast cancer survival rates vary greatly worldwide, ranging from 80% or over in North America, Sweden and Japan to around 60% in middle-income countries and below 40% in low-income countries (2008).

Can Men Get Breast Cancer?

Male breast cancer is not very common.

For every 100 cases of breast cancer, less than 1 is in men.

Men can get breast cancer

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in men in developed countries, followed by prostate cancer.

Arab World

Cancer > afraid of mentioning its name>**that other disease! **

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the Arab World

10 most frequent cancers in women

10 most frequent cancers in women

Age of breast cancer in female cases

:young age of presentation

Median:48-52 years …. 50% of cases < age 50

(U.S ,Europe …………. 50% of cases < age 63

Arab World

Arab World

High proportion of advanced and metastatic

stages at presentation:60-80%

The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf Federation for Cancer Control signed today, Saturday, 3 July 2010, a memorandum of understanding at the Regional Office to enhance breast cancer screening and early detection and palliative care development

Arab World

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