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Cancer of the Breast

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Cancer of the breast is the most common malignant neoplasm diagnosed and the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death in women in the United States. This translates annually into an estimated 184,200 new diagnoses, 30% of cancers in women, and 40,800 related deaths, 17% of all cancer deaths in women [1]. The risk of women developing breast cancer over their lifetimes is about 1 in 8 (12%) and their risk of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 28 (3.6%) [2]. The incidence rate increases with age until the late 40s and then decreases [3].

“Medicine exists for the benefit of the afflicted and not the afflicted for the benefit of medicine”

William S. Middleton

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  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 77030, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, USA

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Parker, R.G., Janjan, N.A., Selch, M.T. (2003). Cancer of the Breast. In: Radiation Oncology for Cure and Palliation. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05225-9_9

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