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In Cuba, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women (excluding skin cancer) and the second cause of cancer death in women. The Ministry of Public Health recognizes breast cancer as a major public health problem, and aims to reduce mortality 15% by 2015—from the 2004 adjusted mortality rate of 14.1 per 100,000 population to 11.9.
Programs are underway to lower mortality and improve survival through improved screening, research on risk factors and new therapies, and broader public education about the importance of early detection. Women in breast cancer support groups are also beginning to play a key role in raising awareness about the disease and about life-after-mastectomy, as well as providing emotional and practical support for each other and their families.

REFERENCES

1. Ministry of Public Health (CU). Proyecciones de la salud pública en Cuba para el 2015. Havana: Editorial Ciencias Médicas; 2006, p. 34.

2. According to the Ministry’s 2007 Health Statistical Yearbook, the provisional breast cancer mortality rate per 100,000 women was 23.7 in 2007. See Ministry of Public Health (CU). Anuario Estadístico de Salud 2007 [monograph on the Internet]; [cited 2009 Jun 16]. Available from: http://www.sld.cu/galerias/pdf/ sitios/dne/anuario_estadistico_de_salud_2007_e.pdf