subject: Breast Cancer [print this page] A total of 13 percent of men and women have breast cancer. Now that may not sound earth shattering to you, but explain that to all the women and men who are diagnosed with breast cancer and have very little chance of survival. You have to wonder how you would react to this news.
Health insurance companies understand that because of the very long and expensive cost of treatment, your health insurance plan might need to be cancelled. This is very hard for both the patient and the medical doctor who feels they couldn't do anything about the whole situation.
Over the last few years, it is estimated that about one hundred ninety two thousand four hundred women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually. While for males according to the medical care community, around sixty five thousand men are also diagnosed with breast cancer.
Studies show that one out of eight individuals are shown to have breast cancer. Recently one of the major changes noted by the health insurance providers is the fact that a more invasive breast cancer is beginning to be diagnosed that was only diagnosed in women.
Recently the health care community noticed that there is a decline in women being diagnosed with breast cancer. They believe this is because of the hormone replacement therapy. Statistically, of the one hundred ninety two thousand four hundred women being diagnosed with a form of breast cancer, about forty-one thousand women will be facing certain death.
But over the last few years, because of early detection, treatment advances, increased awareness and screening, survival rate has increased. The health insurance providers agree that women in the United States diagnosed with breast cancer still have a much higher death rate as opposed to women diagnosed with any other form of cancer.
