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Smiling female doctor in mammography exam room

Health USA

23. March 2024

Better Screening and Treatment Means (a Lot) More Breast Cancer Survivors

From 1975 to 2019, the mortality rate among American women battling breast cancer has declined by 58%, largely due to advances in screening and treatments.

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Health United Kingdom

11. July 2023

Fewer Deaths, More Survivors of Breast Cancer

A recent study that spans a decade reveals that women facing breast cancer in England, United Kingdom, have much better chances of survival since a decade ago than in the 1990s.

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Health Canada

5. May 2023

Breast Cancer Survivors Double in Number

A recent study reveals that the number of women who survive breast cancer has doubled since 2007 in Canada.

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Dotplot device used by woman to check for breast cancer

Health The World

18. January 2023

Checking for Breast Cancer at Home Just Got a Lot Simpler

A new handheld device connected to an app can map a user's chest and use sound waves to determine if there is a lump - a possible indicator of breast cancer - somewhere below the surface.

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Health USA

12. November 2021

Vaccine Against the Deadliest Breast Cancer Is in the Works

There will soon be a vaccine to prevent the deadliest form of breast cancer, since researchers based in Cleveland, United States are about to launch the first human trial testing - giving hope to patients suffering from this fatal cancer.

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Health United Kingdom

12. November 2020

Will This Plant Save the Lives of Breast Cancer Patients?

A team of researchers from England discovered a plant’s hidden potential in developing better treatments for breast cancer and other diseases.

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Health United Kingdom

17. November 2019

New Blood Test Could Detect Breast Cancer Five Years Before Outbreak

Researchers have found a way to detect breast cancer five years before the very first symptom, opening the possibility of having a simple blood test available in the next few years to identify the disease.

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28. May 2019

Breast Cancer is a sure death verdict? Less and lesser.

The death rate from breast cancer dropped by 39% between 1989 and 2015 in the U.S., which translates into 322,600 survivors of the disease, according to the latest figures from the American Cancer Society.