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Early Detection Makes Breast Cancer More Treatable, Raises Survival Chances

October 5th, 2012 | Author: | Category: health news

It’s a fact we often hear:Breast cancer is one   of the most deadly diseases among women in the United States. Only lung cancer   is more lethal. In 2011-the most recent year statistics were available-the   American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated that 39,520 women would die from breast   cancer.

For the same period, the ACS estimated a diagnosis of more than 230,000 new   cases of breast cancer in the U.S. While these statistics are alarming and   distressing, they don’t reflect a much more encouraging aspect of the battle   against breast cancer: early detection. Finding breast cancer when it is in an   early-and almost always a more treatable-stage can greatly increase a woman’s   chance of survival and help to minimize the effect of the disease on her health   and lifestyle.

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