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Breast Cancer Screening (PDQ®)

Health Professional Version
Last Modified: 01/23/2012

Changes to This Summary (01/23/2012)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Significance 1

Updated statistics 2 with estimated new cases and deaths for 2012 (cited American Cancer Society as reference 1).

Breast Cancer Diagnosis 3

Updated statistics 4 with estimated new ductal carcinoma in situ cases for 2012 (cited American Cancer Society as reference 3).

Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/healthprofessional/Page
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2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/healthprofessional/Page
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3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/healthprofessional/Page
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4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/healthprofessional/Page
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