Sometimes I feel too much attention is given to breast cancer over other deadly cancers.
Then while researching the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of breast cancer for Call of the Siren, I came upon this paper from 2000: Breast Cancer in the 20th Century: Quest for the Ideal Therapy.
As I scanned the research looking for particular information, I read this. The statistic for 1990 was sobering to say the least:
"Medical history will record that breast cancer was one of the most significant health threats facing women in the 20th century.
"In the 1990s alone, more American women died of the disease than all the U.S. lives lost in war from the Civil War to Vietnam.
"It has been (conservatively) estimated that 1,000,000 women died of breast cancer in this country between 1950 and 1990 (21).
"From 1930 to 1990 there was NO improvement in cure rates; however, in the mid-1990s a clear trend towards better survival was noted."
To read the entire study, visit https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117557/
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