Breast cancer is becoming a major killer of women’s health

Breast cancer is becoming a threat to the health of China’s major killer of urban women. Professional Committee of Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, breast cancer, chairman of Professor Shao Zhimin told reporters: At present, China’s annual new incidence of breast cancer patients and 17 million people, most of them from 45 to 55-year-old woman.

 With the people’s living standards and dietary changes in the structure, China’s urban women, the incidence of breast cancer showed a high growth trend, with Shanghai as an example, women’s breast cancer incidence rate of more than 71 hundred thousandths, the annual incidence of more than 3,000 patients name.

 Europe and North America focused on post-menopausal breast cancer in older women is different from 45 to 55 age group became the period of high incidence of breast cancer in women, the early age of onset of the damaging more. Affiliated to Fudan University Cancer Hospital breast cancer patients admitted to, for example, accounted for 54% of pre-menopausal patients, and even young patients under 18 years of age.

 Analysis of future trends in the incidence of breast cancer in China, experts said that in rural areas will still be a low-prone areas of breast cancer, while the incidence in urban areas will continue to be high growth.

 While increasing the level of breast cancer treatment, but with the growth of the incidence, mortality also rise. Professor Shao Zhimin said that China’s 40% of breast cancer recurrence and metastasis occur. We should appreciate that the current diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in China the input is gradually increased, a considerable proportion of science education to improve women’s anti-cancer awareness.

 Experts also remind women of breast cancer is not a “patent”, in the 100 breast cancer patients have a male. In addition, although breast cancer self-test with multiple benefits, but no confirmation can reduce patient mortality.