Breast Cancer Cases and Deaths Are Projected to Rise Globally
Published today in Nature
Medicine, the study finds that on average, 1 in 20 women worldwide will be diagnosed with breast cancer in
their lifetime, and that if current rates continue, by 2050 there will be 3.2 million new breast cancer cases and
1.1 million breast cancer-related deaths per year, and the growth will disproportionately affect countries with a
low Human Development Index (HDI).
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