Abstract
Pink October and Breast Cancer in Brazil.
Highlights
Excluding non-melanoma skin tumors, breast cancer is the tumor that most affects the Brazilian female population and represents 24.5% of all types of diagnosed neoplasms
In Brazil, in the 2020–2022 triennium, the estimated incidence is around 66,280 new cases of breast cancer per year, which represents a rate of 61.61 cases/100,000 women
Projections by the National Cancer Institute of Brazil point to stability in mortality rates between 30 and 69 years until 2030, these numbers are still far from the 30% reduction established by the United Nations.[1]
Summary
Excluding non-melanoma skin tumors, breast cancer is the tumor that most affects the Brazilian female population and represents 24.5% of all types of diagnosed neoplasms. In Brazil, in the 2020–2022 triennium, the estimated incidence is around 66,280 new cases of breast cancer per year, which represents a rate of 61.61 cases/100,000 women.
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