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Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training Breast Cancer Information Sheet What is Breast Cancer ? Breast cancer begins in the tissue of the breast . It is the overgrowth of abnormal cells in the breast (also known as a malignant tumor of the breast ). Inside the breasts are glands (lobes) that produce and release milk after a woman has a baby. The tubes that connect the lobes to the nipple, where milk is released, are called ducts. The breast itself is made up of lobes, ducts, and fatty, connective and lymphatic tissue. Breast cancer can occur in any part of the breast region. Facts: • Breast cancer rates increase with successive generations of Asians living in the U.S. ? • Women of Asian/Pacific Islander ancestry have experienced a 15% increase in incidence of invasive breast cancer between 1988 and 1997 ...

FACT SHEET #29 Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology Cornell Center for the Environment May 1999 Breast -feeding and the Risk of Breast Cancer Breast -feeding may offer some modest protection against the development of breast cancer , particularly in young women. Considering the other health benefits of breast -feeding for both mothers and their babies, this information should encourage new mothers to try to arrange their schedules to accommodate breast -feeding . Does breast -feeding influence the risk of breast cancer ? Breast -feeding may modestly reduce the risk of developing breast cancer . Out of 31 studies, more than half reported that women who breast -fed had a decreased risk of developing breast cancer (ranging from 10%-64%) compared to women who never breast -fed. The rest of the studies reported that breast ...

1 California Breast Cancer Research Council Meeting Minutes November 22, 2002 Los Angeles, CA Members Present: Ellen Mahoney, Sandy Walsh, Anna Wu, Elaine Ashby, Janet Howard- Espinoza, Vicki Boriack, Robert Kaplan, Debra Oto-Kent, Dorothy Bainton, Michael Figueroa Jacqueline Papkoff Members Absent: Craig Henderson, Georjean Stoodt, Irene Linayao-Putman, Diana Chingos Staff Present: Laurence Fitzgerald, Larry Gruder, Marion Kavanaugh-Lynch, Katherine McKenzie, Walter Price, Roslyn Roberts Guests: Marj Plumb, Consultant, Marcus Doane, Department of Health Services; Michele Rakoff, guest speaker; Nancy Evans, guest speaker; Anitha Mitchell, guest speaker I. Call to Order and Introduction: Chair Anna Wu called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. II. Priority-Setting Presentation Three guests were invited to assist the CBCRP in the creation of a systematic process to assess ...

Scintimammography Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) are collaborating with a start-up company, Dilon Technologies, Newport News, Virginia, Johns Hopkins University (Dr. Cahid Civelek) and George Washington University on a new medical imaging device that improves scintimammography—a nuclear medicine method of breast tumor detection. Scintimammography uses standard biological tracers to locate the tumor. Biological tracers are specially prepared chemicals carrying a gamma-ray emitting radioactive isotope that can mark certain biological processes. Medical researchers have shown that sev- eral types of cancer cells uptake and accumulate these markers more readily than normal cells. The new device "senses" the gamma-rays emitted by the tumor and using those gamma rays, the device builds an image of the tumor. ...

5/3/2005 1 Breast Cancer Risk Factors & Treatment Dr. Sharon L. Taylor Dr. Gina M. Vaccaro Duke Hematology/Oncology of Raleigh Page 2 5/3/2005 2 Epidemiology American Cancer Society estimates: 211,240 new cases of breast cancer in US women and 40,410 deaths in 2005 1690 new cases of breast cancer in US men and 460 deaths in 2005 32% of all cancers in American women 15% of all cancer deaths in American women Page 3 5/3/2005 3 Epidemiology Second leading cause of cancer deaths among all US women (after lung cancer ) Leading cause of cancer deaths among women ages 20 to 59 Page 4 5/3/2005 4 Improved 5 Year Survival Rates 73% 46% Black women 88% ...

BREAST CANCER FACT SHEET Breast Cancer Statistics • One in nine women is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime; one in 27 will die of it. 1 • Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Canadian women. 2 • Breast cancer continues to lead in incidence among Canadian women, with more than twice as many new cases as lung cancer . 1 • Since 1988, breast cancer incidence rates have risen by 10% but death rates have dropped by 19%. 2 • Breast , lung and colorectal cancers account for at least 50% of the new cancer cases in women. 1 • Incidence by age group: 3 · 22% of breast cancer cases occur in women under age 50 · 48% of cases occur in women ages 50 to 69 · 30% of cases occur in women age 70 and over • Mortality ...