Christine Webb, Your Health And Fitness

There is a new approach to estimating tumor growth and it is based on breast screening.

The rate at which breast cancer tumors grow often varies among patients and the latest research shows that growth tends to be faster among younger women.

These findings may help in planning and evaluating screening programs, clinical trials and other studies.

Scientists found that using a new mathematical model, they were also able to estimate the numbers of breast cancers detectable by mammography.    

This is a new approach to estimating the growth rate of tumors and the ability of mammograms to find them.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers.

The chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time in a woman's life is about 1 in 8.

It is estimated that this year, alone, more than 180,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women in the United States.

Women living in North America have the highest rate of breast cancer in the world, and at this time there are about 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.

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