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Is Breast Cancer on the Increase?

130 comments December 2nd, 2009

There is quite a bit of information circulating right now to indicate breast cancer may be on the rise. Some argue that there are more cases being diagnosed though because women are doing self exams and doctors know what to watch for. The topic has lead to quite a bit of research over the past couple of years. Less than 50 years ago only 1 in every 20 women was diagnosed with it. Now the statistics show that 1 in 7 women are diagnosed with it. What many doctors believe though is that in the past we didn’t have the technology or the knowledge so many cases of breast cancer went Read more