Women diagnosed with early breast cancer today are much less likely to die from the disease than 20 years ago

Published on June 13, 2023

A study conducted by researchers at Oxford Population Health has found that women who are diagnosed with early stage breast cancer today are 66% less likely to die from the disease within five years of diagnosis than they were 20 years ago. The study was jointly funded by Cancer Research UK, the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, and the University of Oxford. It is published in The BMJ.
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