Breast cancer: Towards a healthy lifestyle by Dr. Eva Ciruelos
Breast cancer remains a very prevalent disease in our midst
The incidence rate is 65 new cases / 100,000 inhabitants / year, which means that about 22,000 women are diagnosed in Spain every year. These figures, together with the annual reduction of the mortality rate by 2-3%, make it a very prevalent disease, ie the diagnosed cases are very numerous in our society, making this disease a health and social problem of the first magnitude.