Breast cancer

Introduction

In 2020, breast cancer became the most commonly diagnosed cancer type in the world; there were more than 2.26 million new cases of breast cancer and almost 685 000 deaths from breast cancer worldwide. Breast cancer was the most common cause of cancer death in women and the fifth most common cause of cancer death overall.

News & Events

Nouvelles

Collecting long-term outcomes in population-based cancer registry data: the case of breast cancer recurrence

Plus d'informations 31.10.2024

17.10.2024 Présentation d'une chercheuse du CIRC à l’occasion d'un événement organisé dans le cadre de la campagne « Octobre rose » à Paris

01.10.2024 IARC marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024

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Communiques de presse

Cancer screening metrics: effective evaluation to balance benefits and harms

Go to PDF 08.04.2024

08.03.2024 Maternal orphans due to cancer: the intergenerational impact of cancer deaths in women (IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 5)

08.01.2024 Virtual events in Latvia and Slovakia: highlighting ICCCS project outcomes

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Highlights

Chroniques

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024

Plus d'informations 01.10.2024

30.04.2024 The Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5)

08.03.2024 Maternal orphans due to cancer: the intergenerational impact of cancer deaths in women (IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 5)

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Infographics

Infographic

IARC marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2021

Plus d'informations 01.10.2021

27.09.2017 Types de cancer corrélés au surpoids et l'obésité

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Research Project Websites

Maternal Orphans due to Cancer Deaths: Global Estimates Global Cancer Observatory EpiMARKS+: Identifying epigenetic biomarkers of breast cancer risk and their environmental/lifestyle determinants International Consortium on Mammographic Density ABC-DO: African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes study SABC: South Africa Breast Cancer study PRECAMA study: Molecular Subtypes of Premenopausal Breast Cancer in Latin American Women EDSMAR: Determinants of Breast Cancer in Morocco study