Is there a sex bias for breast cancer? Awareness Women and Breast
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Is there a sex bias for breast cancer? Awareness Women and Breast
congresses 11/wien oeggsm/wien 2 26.05.2011 Most prevalent cancers worldwide in 2000 expressed as thousands of persons diagnosed with cancer the previous five years Is there a sex bias for breast cancer? Univ.‐Prof. Dr. Margarethe HOCHLEITNER World Cancer Report, WHO, IARC Press, Lyon 2003, p14 Hochleitner/Fiegl/Thöni Hochleitner/Fiegl/Thöni Awareness • Herztod ist männlich besetzt! Bild: http://www.br‐online.de/umwelt‐gesundheit/thema/herz/index.xml • Mammakarzinom + Osteoporose ist weiblich besetzt! Women and Breast Cancer • Austria, 2009: 83% women > 40 years • Mammography: 41% women > 40 years 41% women > 40 years within the last 12 last 12 months • Austria, 2009: 1594, 4% of all women died due to breast cancer 1 congresses 11/wien oeggsm/wien 2 26.05.2011 What about the men? • 2009: 12 men died due to breast cancer (13 men died due to testicular cancer) Data show, men with breast cancer often come to the oncologic centre in an advanced stage of the disease, and d all have ll h a poorer prognosis. i Their small number does not justify screen examination, but ….. Awareness • Herztod ist männlich besetzt! Bild: http://www.br‐online.de/umwelt‐gesundheit/thema/herz/index.xml • Mammakarzinom + Osteoporose ist weiblich besetzt! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION 2