Given the poor prognosis and limited treatment options in pancreatic cancer, new therapies to combat the disease are desperately needed: Earlier this year, the American Cancer Society reported that it is estimated that in 2016, nearly 42,000 people will die from the disease, surpassing the number of
deaths from breast cancer by more than 1,000.
Not exact matches
Some good news in the war on
breast cancer: «From 1989 to 2015, breast cancer death rates decreased by 39 %, which translates to 322,600 averted breast cancer deaths in the United States,» according to a new report published by the American Cancer So
cancer: «
From 1989 to 2015,
breast cancer death rates decreased by 39 %, which translates to 322,600 averted breast cancer deaths in the United States,» according to a new report published by the American Cancer So
cancer death rates decreased
by 39 %, which translates to 322,600 averted
breast cancer deaths in the United States,» according to a new report published by the American Cancer So
cancer deaths in the United States,» according to a new report published
by the American
Cancer So
Cancer Society.
Victora 2016 estimated that each year, 823,000
deaths in children under five years and 20,000
deaths from breast cancer could be prevented
by near universal breastfeeding.
BREAST cancer screening in East Anglia has reduced deaths from the disease by nearly half, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer * today (Tue
cancer screening in East Anglia has reduced
deaths from the disease
by nearly half, according to a study published in the British Journal of
Cancer * today (Tue
Cancer * today (Tuesday).
In women,
death rates
from breast and colorectal
cancer will fall
by 8 % and 7 % respectively, but lung and pancreatic
cancer rates will rise
by 5 % and 4 %; in 2016 the
death rates
from lung
cancer in Europe will be 14.4 per 100,000 women (compared to 13.51 in 2011) and 5.6 per 100,000 for pancreatic
cancer (compared to 5.39 in 2011).
In women, the predicted age standardised rate of
deaths from lung
cancer will increase
by 9 %
from 2009 to 14.24 per 100,000 of the population, while the
death rates
from breast cancer are predicted to be 14.22 per 100,000, which represents a fall of 10.2 % since 2009.
Finally, an estimate of the burden of alcohol - attributable
breast cancer incidence and mortality
by means of a Population - Attributable Fraction methodology (using data on alcohol consumption
from the Global Information System on Alcohol and Health, and data on
cancer incidence and mortality
from the GLOBOCAN database) showed that an estimated 144,000
breast -
cancer cases and 38,000
breast -
cancer deaths globally in 2012 were attributable to alcohol, with 18.8 % of these cases and 17.5 % of these
deaths affecting women who were light drinkers.
The international team of researchers modeled the lifetime risk of women developing radiation - induced
breast cancer from digital screening mammography and dying
from the disease compared to the number of
breast cancer deaths prevented
by early detection.
AXL mediates resistance to TRAIL - induced cell
death in esophageal adenocarcinoma (55); it remains to be determined whether ABL - mediated protection
from TRAIL - induced apoptosis in
breast cancer cells is mediated
by AXL or other targets.
Deaths from breast cancer have dropped more than two percent each year since 1990 according to a report, Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009 - 2010, released by the American Cancer So
breast cancer have dropped more than two percent each year since 1990 according to a report, Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009 - 2010, released by the American Cancer So
cancer have dropped more than two percent each year since 1990 according to a report,
Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009 - 2010, released by the American Cancer So
Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009 - 2010, released by the American Cancer So
Cancer Facts & Figures 2009 - 2010, released
by the American
Cancer So
Cancer Society.
From 1997 to 2006,
breast cancer deaths dropped
by 1.9 percent a year among white and Hispanic women, 1.6 percent a year among black women, and 0.6 percent annually among Asian - American and Pacific Islander women.