Advances in early-stage breast cancer treatment
Advances in early-stage breast cancer treatment
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Here's a progress report on new advances.
Two decades of increased education and awareness about breast cancer seem to be working. The number of women getting mammograms — the best chance for early detection — has more than doubled since the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign began in the early 1980s. Concurrently, our knowledge of breast cancer has become far more sophisticated.
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