According to a number of medical professionals, their studies seem to indicate that breast cancer is the most prominent form of cancer in women in today’s world, proving to be second only to non-melanoma skin cancers. It is also the second leading form of cancer responsible for the number of cancer caused deaths in women.

Medical professionals have reported that their studies have shown that 1.3 million women are diagnosed on the average with breast cancer each year and on the average, one third of these women die from this affliction.

These medical professionals feel that their research has shown that while diet and proper exercise cannot prevent breast cancer in all cases, it does seem to lower the odds, which makes these methods both good offensive weapon against the onset of cancer and therefore ones well worth applying.

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The survival rate for stage four breast cancer, or what is termed advanced breast cancer, is significantly lower than it is for any stage of breast cancer. This is because this cancer has grown and also because it has spread, not only in the area of the breast where it originated, but to other parts of the breasts and also to other parts of the body, the primary areas being bone tissue, lung tissue and the liver.

Many medical professionals feel that their studies seem to show that by the time this cancer has reached stage four, it has invaded and overcome the bodies natural defense system to such an extent that what is called the five year survival rate has dropped significantly to an average of sixteen to twenty percent.
This opinion is backed by the American Cancer Society.

While this statistic is not written in stone, that is it is not fulfilled in every case, the majority of women who are diagnosed with cancer when the cancer has reached the fourth stage, live on the average for eighteen more months after the initial diagnoses.

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Breast cancer misdiagnosis happens when a doctor or health care provider does not identify, order necessary testing to follow up on the disease or, as is frequently the case in breast cancer malpractice cases, the radiologist misreads a mammogram.

The effects of breast cancer misdiagnosis could be serious and frequently fatal since early detection is frequently a breast cancer patient’s best expectation of defeating the disease. Discovery of cancer at its later stages enhances the risk of death considerably for lots of types of cancer. The dissimilarity between Stage I and Stage IV drops survival rates by over 80%, in accordance with a number of studies.

Clearly, breast cancer survival rates are powerfully connected with early detection and treatment. It is the second foremost cause of cancer deaths in women nowadays (after lung cancer), but early detection could discontinue the cancer in its tracks. When it is detected early and restricted to the breast the five-year survival rate approaches 100%.

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