BREAST cancer deaths plummeted to an all-time low last year as record numbers of women were screened.
The survival rate among Scotland’s breast cancer sufferers has risen by 32 per cent over the past 20 years as the number of women coming forward for screening more than doubled.
A downturn in the mortality rate means that the number of patients dying from the disease across Scotland has dropped from more than 7,200 in 1990 to around 5,400 in 2008.
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Friday, 23 July 2010
Youngest man to die of breast cancer: 28-year-old fought disease for four years
The youngest man in Britain to be diagnosed with breast cancer has died aged 28.
Nicky Avery passed away in hospital on Monday after battling the disease over the past four years.
Before his diagnosis Mr Avery had no idea men could contract breast cancer, but he went on to campaign to raise awareness of the disease.
Nicky Avery passed away in hospital on Monday after battling the disease over the past four years.
Before his diagnosis Mr Avery had no idea men could contract breast cancer, but he went on to campaign to raise awareness of the disease.
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Yet Another Study Links Abortion With Breast Cancer Risk
An abortion can triple a woman's chances of contracting breast cancer, according to a study conducted in Sri Lanka.
The research, performed by scientists at the University of Colombo, showed abortion is the greatest reported risk factor for the disease, according to the Daily Mail in London. The study is the fourth in the last 14 months to demonstrate such a link, the newspaper reported June 24.
A cancer research organization in Great Britain criticized the study's size.
Joel Brind, a professor at New York University and an expert on the abortion-breast cancer link, said the sample of 100 women who have had breast cancer and 203 who have not, is "still a good study, just not quite as powerful. I would emphasize that it is typical of studies that have come out early in countries where breast cancer and abortion are not yet that common, like studies in the 1980s in China, Japan, Australia and even the U.S."
The research, performed by scientists at the University of Colombo, showed abortion is the greatest reported risk factor for the disease, according to the Daily Mail in London. The study is the fourth in the last 14 months to demonstrate such a link, the newspaper reported June 24.
A cancer research organization in Great Britain criticized the study's size.
Joel Brind, a professor at New York University and an expert on the abortion-breast cancer link, said the sample of 100 women who have had breast cancer and 203 who have not, is "still a good study, just not quite as powerful. I would emphasize that it is typical of studies that have come out early in countries where breast cancer and abortion are not yet that common, like studies in the 1980s in China, Japan, Australia and even the U.S."
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