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Progress in early breast cancer detection
1Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Cancer
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
Evidence indicates progress in the early detection of breast cancer. After 1982 there was a reported increase in the incidence of breast cancer, presumably as a result of increased screening for the disease. The increase was especially noted in early stage breast cancer. The incidence of in situ cases also increased. Since 1973 the San Francisco-Oakland Bay area has reported a statistically significant decrease in mortality for white women. The evidence supports continued efforts at early breast cancer detection.