Breast cancer- Basics

Breast cancer -Worldwide most common cancer in women GLOBOCAN reports that female breast cancer has surpassed lung cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer with an estimated 2.3 million new cases followed by lung , colorectal , prostate and stomach In UK as rest of the world breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women Incidence , mortality and survival rates varies significantly among different parts of world but in general developed countries have higher rates of breast cancer than developing countries Less than 10 % of breast cancers can be attributed to an inherited genetic mutations About 1 % of breast cancers happen in males , in the UK about 400 cases are diagnosed / year , this happens more in older male who had hormonal imbalance , exposure to radiation and a family h/o breast cancer -most common risk is a BRCA2 gene mutation Uncommon before age 40 ( < 5 % ) and most frequently diagnosed in women age 55-64. Risk increases with age but the rate at which it increases , decreases after menopause Lifetime risk in UK is 1 in 9 women , in the US this was 12.3 % or about...