Saving Lives through Early Detection of Breast and Cervical Cancer
According to the most recent U.S. Cancer Statistics report (2018) more than a quarter-million women were newly diagnosed with breast cancer, and more than 42,000 died from the disease.
While the rate of deaths from breast cancer has decreased since 2004, it is the second-most common causer of cancer deaths in U.S. women.
Cervical cancer once was the leading cause of death for women in the U.S. During the past five decades, incidence and mortality from cervical cancer have declined significantly due to the widespread use of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test to detect cervical abnormalities.
Despite the decline, in 2018, more than 12,000 women were diagnosed with new cases of cervical cancer, and more than 4,000 women died from this preventable disease.