Epidemiologie

Breast cancer is the most commen women's cancer:¹ 

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In Belgium, over 10,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020.

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^{Ref: http://kankerregister.org/media/docs/CancerFactSheets/2020/Cancer_Fact_Sheet_FemaleBreastCancer_2020.pdf}

Breast cancer diagnosis may involve multiple components.⁴

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^{References 4, 5, 6, and 7}

eBC: Breast Cancer that has not spread beyond the breast or the axillary lymph nodes.⁸

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^{References 8 and 9}

Stage at diagnosis is one of the most important factors affecting prognosis.¹¹

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^{References 10,11, and 12}

^{*Global data from 2020.}

^{†Data reflects percent of female breast cancer by cancer subtype from 2015 to 2019 in the US.}

^{‡Data from the study population from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Registries Research Database from 2004-2011.}

^{§NATALEE included stage IIB and selected stage IIA patients.}

^{¶Net survival for people diagnosed in England between 2013 and 2017.}

^{aBC, advanced breast cancer; eBC, early breast cancer; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2;}

^{HR, hormone receptor; TNM, tumor, node, and metastasis.}