Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
California Breast Cancer Research Program, University of California, Oakland, CA 94612, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 22;17(3):714. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030714.
Advances in breast cancer science, early detection, and treatment have resulted in improvements in breast cancer survival but not in breast cancer incidence. After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis in the United States. Each year, nearly a quarter million U.S. women receive a breast cancer diagnosis, and the number continues to rise each year with the growth in the population of older women. Although much remains to be understood about breast cancer origins and prevention, action can be taken on the existing scientific knowledge to address the systemic factors that drive breast cancer risk at the population level. The California Breast Cancer Research Program funded a team at Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP) to convene leaders in advocacy, policy, and research related to breast cancer prevention from across the state of California. The objective was the development of a strategic plan to direct collective efforts toward specific and measurable objectives to reduce the incidence of breast cancer. The structured, innovative approach used by BCPP to integrate scientific evidence with community perspectives provides a model for other states to consider, to potentially change the future trajectory of breast cancer incidence in the United States.
乳腺癌科学的进步、早期检测和治疗已经改善了乳腺癌的生存率，但并未降低乳腺癌的发病率。在美国，乳腺癌是仅次于皮肤癌的第二大常见癌症诊断。每年，近四分之一的美国女性被诊断出患有乳腺癌，且随着老年女性人口的增长，这一数字每年都在持续上升。尽管对于乳腺癌的起源和预防还有很多需要了解的地方，但可以根据现有科学知识采取行动，解决导致乳腺癌风险在人群层面的系统性因素。加州乳腺癌研究计划资助了一个位于 Breast Cancer Prevention Partners（BCPP）的团队，该团队召集了来自加利福尼亚州的倡导、政策和研究领域的乳腺癌预防领域的领导者。其目标是制定一项战略计划，将集体努力集中在具体和可衡量的目标上，以降低乳腺癌的发病率。BCPP 采用的结构化、创新性方法将科学证据与社区观点相结合，为其他州提供了一个可供考虑的模式，以有可能改变美国乳腺癌发病率的未来轨迹。
