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Breast Cancer in Today’s World. Incidence, Morbidity, Mortality & Innovation. Breast Cancer is the leading site for both sexes in 2010 and ranks 1st among women.
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Breast Cancer in Today’sWorld Incidence, Morbidity, Mortality & Innovation
Breast Canceris the leading site for both sexes in 2010 and ranks 1st among women. • One out of four who are diagnosed with breast cancer die within the first five years. No less than 40% die within ten years. One out of 100 women would have died from breast cancer before age 75. (2008) 1 Breast Cancer in the Philippines: Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Source: 2010 Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates
All WOMENare at risk Breast cancer is the leading killer of women ages 35 to 54 worldwide. More than a million women develop breast cancer without knowing it and almost 500,000 die from it every year. 2013 Philippine Breast Cancer Network: www.pbcn.org
Breast Facts of Life: Risk factors are not necessarily causes of breast cancer. Enough evidence exist linking environmental pollution andcontamination to cause breast cancer. • The global incidence of breast cancer has tremendously risen by 256% the past 30 years with Southeast Asia increasing by 479%! 2013 Philippine Breast Cancer Network: www.pbcn.org
Disease Burden in the Philippines • Breast cancer is THE most common cancer among filipinowomen • It is also the THE highest killer cancer in womenand the 3rd among both sexes. • Incidence starts rising steeply at age 30 affecting the Filipina at the prime of her life. 1. Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates
The province of Pampanga has the highest incidence rate in the entire country. The Philippines has the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asiaand registered the highest increase of 589% among 187 countries over a 30 year period farom1980 to 2010. 2013 Philippine Breast Cancer Network: www.pbcn.org
CANCER IN THE PHILIPPINES *Based on the 2005 Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates (DOH-Rizal Cancer Registry & PCS-Manila Cancer Registry)
*Based on the 2010 Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates (DOH-Rizal Cancer Registry & PCS-Manila Cancer Registry)
SURVIVAL 5 year relative survival (%) of breast cancer patients (cancer diagnosed between 1993-2002) 5 year relative survival (%) PHILIPPINES (METRO MANILA + RIZAL) 59 FILIPINO – AMERICANS 90 CAUCASIANS (UNITED STATES) 88
ELECTRICAL IMPENDANCE COMPUTER MAMMOGRAPH VERSION 5.6 Early Detection means >>>LIFE!
Electrical Impedance Tomography • every single tissue type in the breast has a different electrical conductivity profile • alternative/complementary technique to mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast cancer detection
Electrical Impedance Tomography • Advanced digital imaging reconstruction algorithms • To identify, locate and size different female breast abnormalities: tumors, cysts, fibroadenomas, etc.
Key Features • Early detection of breast anomalies (3-5mm) • Highly accurate – 88% specificity & 98% sensitive • No age barrier • Less than 35 seconds to perform scanning and display images • Portable • Non-invasive (Radiation Free) • Pain Free
"The greatest risk of getting breast cancer tomorrow is being born today in a developing country. The greatest risk of not surviving breast cancer today is being a woman in the Philippines." Rosa Francia-Meneses, 1999 World Conference on Breast Cancer, Ottawa
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