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Breast cancer screening: How does it truly impact survival?

November 12, 2018

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Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in women, and the National Cancer Institute estimate that 266,120 new cases will have been diagnosed in the United States by the end of 2018.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 508,000 women may have died in 2011 alone due to causes related to breast cancer.

However, most forms of breast cancer are highly treatable, and the assumption usually is that the sooner it is diagnosed, the more effective the treatment will be.

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