We give more information on EMFs and breast cancer on other pages. Here, we give some basic factual information on breast cancer.
Statistics
The following table is taken from CRUK's website:
| Breast cancer - UK |
Males |
Females |
Persons |
|
Number of new cases
UK 2008 |
341 |
47,693 |
48,034 |
|
Rate per 100,000 population
age standardised to the European population |
0.9 |
123.9 |
65.2 |
|
Number of deaths
UK 2008 |
69 |
12,047 |
12,116 |
|
Rate per 100,000 population
age standardised to the European population |
0.2 |
26.2 |
14.3 |
|
Five-year survival rate
for patients diagnosed 2001-2006, England |
- |
82% |
|
|
Ten-year survival rate
predicted survival for patients diagnosed in 2007, England and Wales |
- |
77% |
- |
Finding out more
Much more information on breast cancer is available from:
Cancer Research UK
Breast Cancer UK
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
