Most early-stage breast cancer patients will become long-term survivors – study Most women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer can expect to become “long-term survivors”, according to a new study.
For some women the risk of death within five years is as low as 0.2%, according to the large-scale research.
The proportion of women who survive the disease has improved substantially since the 1990s, experts found. The Independent
See also:
- Breast cancer mortality in 500 000 women with early invasive breast cancer in England, 1993-2015: population based observational cohort study (open access) The BMJ
- Most women beat early breast cancer, study finds BBC News
- Breast cancer survival breakthrough: Death rates for women diagnosed with disease today are just a THIRD of levels logged 20 years ago The Daily Mail
- How we're winning the war against cancer: Survival rates for deadliest forms of disease have DOUBLED since the 1970s - as doctors say it is no longer always a 'death sentence' The Daily Mail
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