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Written by The Editor
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010 07:41 |
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Breast cancer is still the most frequent cancer among Singaporean women. Approximately 6% of women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.
From cancer statistics between the years of 1998 to 2002, breast cancer accounted for 28% of all cancers in women and 4.1% of all deaths among women.The incidence of breast cancer continues to rise at about 4% per annum and our local rates (60 per 100,000 per year) is just slightly less than two-thirds of those in the US.
What is truly of concern is that 40% of all cases diagnosed, are in women under the age of 50 years. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 April 2010 12:36 )
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