The breast cancer accepts character of epidemic ...

In developing countries the breast cancer accepts character of epidemic.
«We have got used to think, that the mammary gland cancer is a problem of well-founded women, however it not so, - speaks Felicia Knaul, the head of the Harward initiative for global justice (USA). - the Unique difference that at that stage when illness is diagnosed at poor, frequently treatment is not so capable to help».

To diffusion of a cancer of a mammary gland, strangely enough, conduct following factors: depression of quantity of infectious diseases, improvement of a food and life expectancy augmentation.

According to the Harward school of public public health services, in 2009 all over the world it will be diagnosed about 1,35 million cases of a cancer of a mammary gland - 10,5 % of new cases of cancer diseases. Thereby mammary gland cancer leaves on the second place after a cancer of lungs.

It is expected, that by 2020 this indicator will grow to 26 %. Annually the breast cancer will amaze 1,7 million women, basically living in the states with low and an income average level. This year more than 55 % from 450 thousand morses from a mammary gland cancer will happen in the countries which have no resources for early diagnostics and treatment.

The probability to die of a mammary gland cancer - diseases, quite curable at an early stage, - in the poorest countries makes 56 %, in the countries with an average level of incomes - 39 %, in rich - 24 %.
«For epidemic stopping there is no global decision, - Lawrence Schulman underlines, the head of the Oncologic centre of a name Are given Фарбер. - that works in rural districts of Mexico, differs that it is necessary to do in Malawi and to Haiti».

The main problem of developing countries there is an absence of an adequate infrastructure which would care of patients, encouraged women regularly to pass screening, and also would overcome the barriers of public consciousness bound to a female breast.

Felicia Knaul - one of millions the women living with mammary gland cancer, - becomes the chairman of the international conference «a breast Cancer in developing countries: unforeseen problems of women, health and justice» which will pass on November, 3-5rd in the above-named oncologic centre (Boston, the State of Massachusetts) and Hospital Brigama for women and children (Cambridge, the State of Massachusetts, the USA).

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