Breast Cancer Statistics, 2022

🤖 Plain-English Summary

This article is the American Cancer Society's update on female breast cancer statistics in the United States, including population-based data on incidence, mortality, survival, and mammography screening. 86%), and stage III disease (64% vs.

🔑 Key Findings

• Breast cancer incidence rates have risen in most of the past four decades; during the most recent data years (2010-2019), the rate increased by 0.5% annually, largely driven by localized-stage and hormone receptor-positive disease.
• In contrast, breast cancer mortality rates have declined steadily since their peak in 1989, albeit at a slower pace in recent years (1.3% annually from 2011 to 2020) than in the previous decade (1.9% annually from 2002 to 2011).
• In total, the death rate dropped by 43% during 1989-2020, translating to 460,000 fewer breast cancer deaths during that time.

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