| Health & Beauty |
| Written by Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist |
| Monday, 07 March 2011 02:20 |
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The incidence of breast cancer is rapidly increasing in India and has overtaken cancer of cervix in Indian women in metropolitan cities. One in 22 Indian women are likely to develop breast cancer during their lifetime. Breast cancer is a disease of old age with the peak incidence in the fifth an sixth decades - but in India the disease is seen a decade earlier, probably due to shorter longevity of life in Indian women (about 62 years as per Indian census), as compared to their counterparts in the USA. |
| Last Updated on Monday, 07 March 2011 17:15 |
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