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Looking at this graph of breast cancer mortality, the drop has been significant, steady, and showing no sign of leveling off. https://seer.cancer.gov/statistics
by gizmo686 3y ago
Looking at this graph of breast cancer mortality, the drop has been significant, steady, and showing no sign of leveling off. https://seer.cancer.gov/statistics-network/explorer/application.html?site=55&data_type=2&graph_type=1&compareBy=sex&chk_sex_3=3&race=1&age_range=1&advopt_precision=1&advopt_show_ci=on&hdn_view=0&advopt_show_apc=on&advopt_display=2#resultsRegion0 https://seer.cancer.gov/statistics-network/explorer/applicat...
- AlexErrant 3y agoA caveat for the rest of the world: > our finding showed a significant increase in breast cancer mortality rate in the world during the past 25 years ... Statistical analysis showed a significant increase for breast cancer mortality rate in all super regions, except for High-income super region. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745227/ and for women under 40: > Female breast cancer mortality rates have stopped declining in women younger than 40 years, ending a trend that existed from 1987 to 2010. Conversely, mortality rates have continued to decline in women aged 40–79 years. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2021203476 https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2021203476
- TheCapeGreek 3y agoThe conclusion I'd come to from those quotes is all these "amazing breakthroughs" might be in use sure, but not to the scale (and price) a layman would expect in order for it to be a properly viable solution for many sufferers.