Breast cancer – the number one killer of women

  Female malignant tumors, mainly breast cancer and gynecological malignant tumors, although breast cancer is not unique to women, men also suffer from breast cancer, but the ratio of male to female patients with breast cancer is 1:50, breast cancer has become the number one killer of women. According to authoritative medical statistics, more than 1.2 million women are detected with breast cancer every year in the world, and every 13 minutes, one person dies from breast cancer worldwide.  With the improvement of living standard and the change of people’s lifestyle, more than 200,000 women suffer from breast cancer in China every year, and more than 40,000 of them die, and the morbidity and mortality rate is still increasing rapidly at 2.4% per year. According to the national incidence rate of 40/100,000 women, the number of breast cancer cases in Huainan is about 500 per year.  Due to the special nature of breast cancer, for most women, in addition to suffering from the disease and the threat of death, they suffer more psychological pressure than ordinary cancer patients due to the loss of this female symbol. Therefore, it is very necessary to let women know the general knowledge about breast cancer and clarify their misunderstandings.