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BREAST & CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Breast & Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Program is presently funded at FY 2001 TBA.

We support a FY2002 appropriation of $215 million. The increase will enable all states to expand their efforts and reach more at-risk women. Currently, the state programs are reaching only 12-15% of the women eligible for services in each state.

Basic Facts About Breast & Cervical Cancer

In 2000, the American Cancer Society estimates that 182,800 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 41,200 will die from the disease.

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2000, 12,800 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4,600 will die from the disease.

Early detection and appropriate follow-up could prevent virtually all cervical cancer deaths and approximately 15% - 30% of breast cancer deaths in women over age 40.

CDC's Breast & Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Program

CDC supports early detection programs in 50 States, 6 territories, the District of Columbia, and within 12 American Indian/Alaska Native organizations. Essential components of the programs include public and provider education, outreach, surveillance, screening, case management, follow-up, and quality assurance.

Through September 1999, this program provided more than 2.5 million screening exams, resulting in the diagnosis of 7,300 breast cancers, 37,000 cases of precancerous lesions, and 600 cases of invasive cervical cancer.

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