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Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2007 Update

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Trend key:  solid green - headed in the right direction
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   dashed black - stable or non-significant change (NSC)


  Breast Cancer Treatment Colorectal cancer Treatment
1987-2000
Breast-conserving surgery with radiation
1992-2002
Multi-agent chemotherapy
1987-2002
Measure Percent of women aged 20 years and older, diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer (less than stage IIIA), receiving breast-conserving surgery and radiation treatment. Percent of women aged 20 years and older, diagnosed with node positive, stage I–IIIa breast cancer, receiving multi-agent chemotherapy. Percent of individuals aged 20 years and older, diagnosed with stage III colon cancer who received 5-FU plus either levamisole or leucovorin or diagnosed with stage II or stage III rectal cancer who received 5-FU with or without radiotherapy.
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Rising, then NSC

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Most recent estimate In 2002, 41 percent of women aged 20 years and older diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer (less than stage IIIA) received mastectomy, 37 percent received breast-conserving surgery plus radiation, and 19 percent received breast-conserving surgery only. In 2000, 69 percent of women aged 20 years and older, diagnosed with node positive breast cancer, received multi-agent chemotherapy. In 2000, 57 percent of stage III colon, and stage II and III rectal patients aged 20 years and older received adjuvant chemotherapy.
Healthy People 2010 target There is no Healthy People 2010 target for breast-conserving surgery and radiation treatment. There is no Healthy People 2010 target for multi-agent chemotherapy treatment. There is no Healthy People 2010 target for cancer treatment including colorectal cancer treatment.
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