izzie was diagnosed with breast cancer in season 5.
izzie was diagnosed with breast cancer in season 5.
in what season was izzie diagnosed with breast cancer?
5
data on breast cancer in sub saharan africa is available, though extremely limited compared to developed countries. breast cancer has the highest incidence among sub saharan african women, and has now also the highest mortality rate in many of the countries in the region, before cervical cancer. breast cancer causes 20% of cancer deaths in women and represents 25% of cancers diagnosed. incidence rates of breast cancer varies from region to region in sub saharan africa and are 30.4, 26.8, 38.6 and 38.9 respectively in eastern africa, central africa, western africa and southern africa. sub saharan africa has lower incidence rates for breast cancer than developed countries but the mortality rates reflected in the region are much higher. many reasons were found to be the source of this disparity, including the fact that breast cancer is diagnosed at later stages in sub saharan africa. for example, while central africa had a mortality/incidence ratio of 0.55 in 2012, the us had only 0.16. in addition to being diagnosed at later stages, breast cancer in sub saharan africa was also found to have an earlier onset compared to western countries. screening is considered an important tool to tackle the late stage diagnosis of breast cancer by most policy makers in african countries, especially given that treatment is greatly limited by the lack of resources. more research is also required to produce more updated data on breast cancer and better understand the variances there and how they affect the burden of the disease in the region.
epidemiology of breast cancer
metastatic breast cancer









































metastatic breast cancer, also referred to as metastases, advanced breast cancer, secondary tumours, secondaries or stage 4 breast cancer, is a stage of breast cancer where the disease has spread to distant sites beyond the axillary lymph nodes. there is no cure for metastatic breast cancer. there is no stage after iv.









































it usually occurs several years after the primary breast cancer, although it is sometimes diagnosed at the same time as the primary breast cancer or, rarely, before the primary breast cancer has been diagnosed.
metastatic breast cancer