Is Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Locally Produced in Breast Cancer.
Abstract
Breast cancer is an economically and personally devastating disease for individuals and society. Breast cancer is now the second most common cancer in women with the risk for an individual woman to develop breast cancer over her lifetime at between 7 and 10%. The five year survival rate for breast cancer ranged between 40 and 64% depending on the population (1) In 1993, it was estimated that 182,000 new cases would be diagnosed (2) Some of the major risk factors for developing cancer include not only family history of breast cancer, but early menarche and late menopause, suggesting endocrine factors. While the 5 year survival rate for breast cancer has improved over time from 63% (1960) to around 75% (1981), the incidence of breast cancer remains high, at 86 cases (or greater) per 100,000 people per year (3) The estimated total cost for breast cancer in 1990 was $3.8 billion with $1.8 billion for medical care costs (4).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 07, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA296332
Entities
People
- Katherine H. Moore
Organizations
- Madigan Army Medical Center