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Britain Sees Drop in Breast Cancer Deaths Over Last Two Decades

by VR Sreeraman on August 13, 2010 at 1:01 PM Cancer News

Breast cancer deaths dropped by more than 20 percent across 15 European countries over the last two decades, with a fall of nearly a third in Britain, according to a study published Thursday.

Britain Sees Drop in Breast Cancer Deaths Over Last Two Decades

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At the same time, the level of breast cancer mortality in eastern Europe was described as "catastrophic".

The review of 30 countries, overseen by French researchers, found large decreases in the number of women dying from breast cancer, particularly in Britain and Iceland.

Mortality rates across the 30 countries fell by a fifth to 24 per 100,000 deaths, with Spain claiming the lowest rate at 18.9.

Britain's rate per 100,000 deaths fell from 41.6 to 28.2, although it still lags behind countries such as Germany and France.

The study examined World Health Organisation (WHO) data on cancer death rates from 1989 to 2006 alongside information from individual countries.

Researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, attributed the improvements in Britain to better screening and patient care.

The leader of the study, Philippe Autier, told AFP: "The English were really shocked by their extremely high death rates from breast cancer in the late 1980s, but they took the bull by the horns.

"They have done what they needed to do to succeed and they have grasped that they had to do this in a concerted fashion."

He predicted that within three years, Britain -- long considered one of the worst major European countries for surviving breast cancer -- would have a better survival rate for the disease than France.

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