Improvement in breast cancer survival
A report from Cancer Reseach UK states "Almost two thirds of all women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are now likely to survive for at least 20 years – Cancer Research UK predicts today.
Women between 50 and 69, the age at which breast cancer is most commonly diagnosed, have an even better prognosis with 72 per cent likely to reach the 20 year mark.
And almost 80 per cent of breast cancer patients in that age range will survive at least 10 years according to a report* by Cancer Research UK epidemiologist Professor Michel Coleman."