Sentences with phrase «of breast cancer deaths»

Greece has the lowest percent of breast cancer deaths and the highest cheese consumption among EU countries.

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.

In 2010, 41 percent of breast cancer deaths occurred in the more than 19 million women who are between the ages of 65 to 84 years.

«Early MRI screening reduces risk of breast cancer death for survivors of childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma.»

Not exact matches

Specifically, the task force says the «harms and costs of false - positive results, over diagnosis and overtreatment» outweigh any «significant reductions in the relative risk of death from breast cancer.»

Does the risk of false positive results outweigh the benefit of preventing a small number of deaths from breast cancer?

My default setting had become stuck on feelings of inadequacy and abandonment after the five - year battle with breast cancer my mom endured ended in her death when I was 11 years old.

The sharp - spoken former executive has offered voters glimpses of her personal life, including her battle with breast cancer in 2009 and her stepdaughter's tragic death after struggling with drug addiction.

The essay «God as Monica's Breast» is worth the price of the volume, and the «Consenting to Die» essay, which discusses suicide and death as something to do» rather than just wait for, breaks into a fictional discussion between a doctor and a cancer patient.

My granddaughter asked me yesterday if it was true that Romney was responsible for the breast cancer deaths of thousands of women.

Such include: cardiovascular disease (accounting for 31 % of deaths globally), diabetes, musculoskeletal problems and even some cancers, most commonly breast, prostate, kidney and colon.

This is strange given that heart disease is the number 1 killer of women — 1 in 4 deaths among women is due to cardiovascular disease whereas 1 in 38 deaths are due to breast cancer.

That's because breast milk — custom - made nourishment specially formulated by Mother Nature — offers so many benefits: It boosts your baby's immune system, promotes brain development, and may reduce your child's risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) as well as diabetes, some types of cancer, obesity, high cholesterol, and asthma later in life.

Breastfed babies also have a lower incidence of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and breastfeeding mothers have a lower risk of developing type 2 Diabetes and breast, ovarian, and uterine cancers.

• Breastmilk protects babies from illness and can also reduce the risk of Type 1 diabetes, childhood leukemia and other serious illnesses, as well as lowering the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); • Breastfeeding is healthy for moms, including lowering their risk of Type 2 diabetes, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and postpartum depression; • Breastfeeding saves families money on the cost of formula and illness; and • Breastfeeding saves insurers and employers (including the military) money on the expenses of medical care and lost workplace productivity (both due to infant illness).

It was estimated that deaths in hospitals by preventable adverse events exceed the amount attributable to the eight leading cause of death in American (CDC, 1999b) and even exceed the number of deaths cause by automobile accidents (43,458), breast cancer (42,297) or AIDS (16,516)(CDC, 1999a).

Mom is less likely to get breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, and heart disease (the leading cause of death for women).

We modeled cases of breast cancer, premenopausal ovarian cancer, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and myocardial infarction considering direct costs, indirect costs, and cost of premature death (before age 70 years) expressed in 2011 dollars.

Of note, our point estimate for premature death exceeds the annual number of U.S. deaths from cervical cancer (3,909), asthma (3,361), or influenza (3,055).45 If a randomized control trial were to demonstrate similar effects to those reported in the observational literature, the «number needed to treat» with optimal breastfeeding to prevent a case of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 38Of note, our point estimate for premature death exceeds the annual number of U.S. deaths from cervical cancer (3,909), asthma (3,361), or influenza (3,055).45 If a randomized control trial were to demonstrate similar effects to those reported in the observational literature, the «number needed to treat» with optimal breastfeeding to prevent a case of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 38of U.S. deaths from cervical cancer (3,909), asthma (3,361), or influenza (3,055).45 If a randomized control trial were to demonstrate similar effects to those reported in the observational literature, the «number needed to treat» with optimal breastfeeding to prevent a case of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 38of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 38of breast cancer would be 385.

I feel that now, as the Lancet today publishes its series on breastfeeding stating that a lack of protection and support for breastfeeding is killing more than 800,000 babies each year, causing more than 20,000 deaths from breast cancer, and costing the global economy around $ 302bn per year in lost cognitive development and thus economic potential.

Increasing breastfeeding to near - universal levels for infants and young children could save over 800,000 children's lives a year worldwide, equivalent to 13 % of all deaths in children under two, and prevent an extra 20,000 deaths from breast cancer every year.

Enabling women to breastfeed is also a public health priority because, on a population level, interruption of lactation is associated with adverse health outcomes for the woman and her child, including higher maternal risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, and greater infant risks of infectious disease, sudden infant death syndrome, and metabolic disease (2, 4).

Also, there is no reporting of medical errors in the U.S., so we really don't have the data to draw conclusions, but the Institute of Medicine in 2000 reported that «at least 44,000 and perhaps as many as 98,000 Americans die in hospitals each year as a result of medical errors,» meaning that «deaths due to preventable adverse events in hospitalized patients exceed the deaths attributable to motor vehicle accidents (43,458), breast cancer (42,297) or AIDS (16,516).»

Breast cancer survival rates have increased, and the number of deaths associated with this disease is steadily declining, largely due to factors such as earlier detection, a new personalized approach to treatment and a better understanding of the disease.

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 (Tuecancer 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 (TueCancer * today (Tuesday).

Patients should be reassured that Tamoxifen remains very effective in reducing the overall risk of recurrences and deaths from breast cancer, as the authors state.

The UK has seen greater decreases in the number of women dying from breast cancer than many other European countries over this period, though this is partly because death rates were relatively high in the 1980s.

On average, 2,640 women die each year in New York from breast cancer, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women.

Breast cancer is the second - leading cause of cancer - related deaths among women in New York State.

«Infertility linked to higher risk of death among women: Penn study shows link between fertility and overall mortality; infertility also linked to increased risk of death from breast cancer and diabetes.»

When examining reproductive cancers, the authors noted that while patients with infertility were 44 percent more likely to die of breast cancer, infertility was not associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer or death from ovarian or endometrial cancers.

«In view of the fact that lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as the commonest cause of death from cancer among women, that is alarming.

Of those 190, the researchers estimate that about 5 will avoid death from breast cancer due to screening.

But a major study by a Danish team, to be published this Saturday in The Lancet should help allay those fears: It found the risk of death among more than 5000 breast cancer survivors was no greater for those women who became pregnant.

However, the total number of deaths will remain slightly higher for breast cancer (90,800) than for lung (87,500).

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.

Lung cancer will become the first cause of death in European women in the next few years, overtaking breast cancer,» said Prof La Vecchia.

However, in the largest study of its kind so far, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg have now shown that the risk of death from heart disease in breast cancer patients following radiotherapy or chemotherapy is no higher than it is among the average populCancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg have now shown that the risk of death from heart disease in breast cancer patients following radiotherapy or chemotherapy is no higher than it is among the average populcancer patients following radiotherapy or chemotherapy is no higher than it is among the average population.

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.

Therefore, screening could result in over-treatment and consequently in decreased quality of life and ability to function in older breast cancer patients, without lowering the incidence of advanced stage breast cancer or deaths from the disease,» he said.

Breast cancer kills about 40,000 women annually making it the second leading cause of cancer death in women — exceeded only by lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Socancer kills about 40,000 women annually making it the second leading cause of cancer death in women — exceeded only by lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Socancer death in women — exceeded only by lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Socancer, according to the American Cancer SoCancer Society.

After standardizing the Nordic Cochrane, USPSTF, and EUROSCREEN reviews to the scenario in the U.K. Independent Breast Screening Review, the magnitude of the difference between studies in the estimated number of women needed to be screened to prevent one breast cancer death dropped dramatiBreast Screening Review, the magnitude of the difference between studies in the estimated number of women needed to be screened to prevent one breast cancer death dropped dramatibreast cancer death dropped dramatically.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide.

The primary cause of death from breast cancer is the spread of tumor cells from the breast to other organs in the body.

This review investigated the effect of screening women in the United Kingdom for 20 years, from age 50 - 69, on breast cancer mortality from age 55 - 79, and estimated that 180 women needed to be screened to prevent one breast cancer death.

Specifically, the Nordic Cochrane review estimate for the number of women who must be screened to prevent one breast cancer death dropped from 2,000 to 257.

Interferon - inducible protein 6 - 16 (IFI 6 - 16), a protein not previously known to be associated with other misfolding diseases but that was uniquely found misfolded in the urine of women with preeclampsia, is known to help prevent cell death and, in breast cancer cells, is responsible for resistance to treatment.

«However, we hope these findings reassure clinicians and the public that that there is little question about the effectiveness of mammography screening, which should continue to play a very important role in our efforts to prevent deaths from breast cancer.»

Dr. Guilcher said that worldwide, breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women and the second leading cause of cancer - related deaths.

«Our meta - analysis is the first to combine incidence and death from breast and colon cancer, while excluding all other causes of death.