Breast cancer cases are surging across the globe. The incidence of breast cancer increased in all regions of the world at an annual rate of 3.1% over a period of 1980e2001. The maiden global analysis that factored in the trend over the past three decades shows the number of new breast cancer cases diagnosed worldwide has increased dramatically from about 6.4 lakhs in 1980 to 16 lakhs in 2010. On the contrary, the rise in deaths from breast cancer globally has been slower, increasing from about 2.5 lakhs in 1980 to 4.25 lakhs in 2010, possibly reflecting the effectiveness of early detection and advances in treatment in developed countries. However, the disease still killed 2 lakhs women around the world in 2010dand 46,000 of them were of reproductive age in developing countries. The study published in the British medical journal says that 51% of these new cases of breast cancer occurred in developing countries like India.
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