- Breast cancer continues to cause problems to the health systems both in developed and developing countries
- According to Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), breast cancer mortality has increased by 14% since 2008
- A report by BCRF estimates that after every 14 seconds, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide
Every year, October is a month set aside to raise awareness of breast cancer worldwide. It is the month meant to pass information about the complex disease and fund research into its causes and treatment.
As the world continues to ponder on how to prevent the disease, Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) from the United States has released some damning statistics about the disease.
Breast cancer statistics
Their statistics show that more than 2.3 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020 worldwide, of which 685,000 of them died.
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In what points to how serious the disease continues to cause havoc in the world, the BCRF report reveals that after every 14 seconds, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide.
"In 2020, more than 2.3 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide, and 685,000 died. Every 14 seconds, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer somewhere in the world," BCRF said in its report.
BCRF further states that breast cancer by 2012 represented 12 % of all new cancer cases, with 25 per cent of all cancer cases in women.
The report states the diseases had progressed over the years, and the mortality had increased by 14 % since 2008.
"Globally, breast cancer now represents one in four of all cancers in women. Since 2008, breast cancer incidence has increased worldwide by more than 20 %. Mortality has increased by 14 %," it added.
Another devastating finding is that breast cancer is more frequent among women in 140 of 184 countries worldwide.
According Kenyans Ministry of Health report, breast cancer is the second leading cause of death of all cancers in the country.
"Breast cancer accounts for over 3,107 deaths making it the 2nd leading cause of all cancer deaths in the country. 7 women die every day in Kenya as a result of breast cancer," the Ministry of Health said in a tweet.
Woman fighting breast cancer in Makueni
Magdalene Mutindi Kimili who was seeking help as she battled breast cancer, which she had struggled with since March 2020.
She narrated the painful journey of dealing with breast cancer as she looks for survival, even after losing everything.
"I woke up one night feeling some pain in my left breast as though it was on fire. I thought maybe it was my periods' symptoms, so I ignored" Kimili disclosed to TUKO.co.ke in an exclusive phone call interview.
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