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Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Division of Cancer
Prevention and Control
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K-64
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
Call: 1 (800) CDC-INFO
TTY: 1 (888) 232-6348
FAX: (770) 488-4760
E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
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CDC supports cancer surveillance programs, researches factors related to breast cancer risks, screening, diagnosis, and treatment, and provides breast cancer screening to underserved women.
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Good News about Breast Cancer Podcast
Breast cancer rates have been decreasing in recent years across several age and stage groups and most racial/ethnic populations. |
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Breast Health Publications
CDC offers two new fact sheets on breast health and mammograms, and a brochure entitled Mammograms and Breast Health. |
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Mammogram Use Declines
Mammograms can cut breast cancer deaths by as much as one-third, but fewer women are getting them, a study finds. |
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Breast Cancer Screening
Mammograms are the best method to detect breast cancer early. If you are age 40 years or older, get screened every one to two years. |
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Quick Links
Cancer Burden†
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In 2004,* 186,772 women were diagnosed with breast cancer, and 40,954 women died from the disease. |
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Except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. |
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†U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group.
United States Cancer Statistics: 2004 Incidence and Mortality. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2007.
*The most recent year for which statistics are currently available.
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