Undiagnosed Breast Cancer
| About undiagnosed conditions: One possible misdiagnosis is the failure to correctly diagnose Breast Cancer leading to a person remaining with undiagnosed Breast Cancer. Any condition can potentially be missed and stay undiagnosed. For a general overview of diseases that are often undiagnosed, see Failure to Diagnose or Under-Diagnosed Diseases. |
Undiagnosed prevalence of Breast Cancer: estimated 1 million
Undiagnosed prevalence rate: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
Medical news summaries about non-diagnosis of Breast Cancer: The following medical news items are relevant to nondiagnosis of Breast Cancer:
- Fears of legal action result in 20% increase in breast clinic referrals
- Hispanic women generally receive late diagnosis and treatment of breast and cervical cancer
- Male breast cancer undiagnosed
- Poor women are undereducated about cancer screening
Last revision: April 9, 2003
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