Defect Repair After Breast Cancer Surgery

The breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in women worldwide, and the incidence rate of breast cancer continues to increase in the past 20 years. It is estimated by World Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer that in 2002 the patients with newly diagnosed breast cancers in women worldwide reach up to 1.15 million, accounting for 22.7% of total female malignant tumor incidence rate. The breast cancer is also one of the common tumors which damage the health of Chinese women. Some data shows that the breast cancer incidence rate in urban women of Shanghai has risen from 20.38/100000 in the 1970s to 69.22/100000 in 2007.