Women two-thirds more likely to survive breast cancer today than previous decades

Women diagnosed with breast cancer today are two-thirds more likely to survive than they were twenty years ago, and many more will become ‘long-term survivors’, new research suggests. In the most extensive study of its kind, scientists from the University of Oxford found that the risk of dying within five years of diagnosis was 4.9%... Read moreThe post Women two-thirds more likely to survive breast cancer today than previous decades appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
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