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The Virginia Center for Breast
Cancer Awareness was established in 2001 to foster awareness of current
breast cancer screening guidelines, promote earlier detection of cancer,
and inform the public about ongoing breast cancer research here at EVMS,
including clinical trials
and basic science. The idea for the Center was conceived by
the EVMS Department of Surgery and the EVMS Department of
Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology.
Breast cancer remains the most
common cancer in women today and the number of women affected each year is
rising.
Although the death rate has
decreased for the first time in many years, breast cancer is still the second
most common cause of cancer death in women today.
Only through RESEARCH (early
detection, understanding cancer biology, prevention modalities) can we decrease
the incidence of breast cancer and improve survival.
In the Year 2006 (courtesy of
the American College of Surgeons)
- 212,920 women will be diagnosed
with breast cancer in the United States.
- In Virginia, 6,080 women
will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
- 40,970 women will die of
breast cancer in the United States.
- In Virginia, 1,170 women
will die of breast cancer.
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