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2. Lumpectomy - Wikipedia

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   Although the lumpectomy with radiation helps to decrease the risk of the cancer returning (local recurrence); it does not prolong survival; it is not a cure, and cancer may still come back. However, local recurrences (confined to the breast area) after lumpectomy can be treated effectively with mastectomy, and these women were still disease ...

3. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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   The American Cancer Society reports 5-year relative survival rates of over 70% for women with stage 0-III breast cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate close to 100% for women with stage 0 or stage I breast cancer. The 5-year relative survival rate drops to 22% for women with stage IV breast cancer. [3] In cancer types with high survival ...

4. Breast cancer - Wikipedia

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   Women with breast cancer who had a lumpectomy or a mastectomy and kept their other breast have similar survival rates to those who had a double mastectomy. [70] There seems to be no survival advantage to removing the other breast, with only a 7% chance of cancer occurring in the other breast over 20 years.

5. A new report breaks down the alarming rise in cancer among ...

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   The report, which tracked cancer incidence nationwide from 1991 to 2022, found that cancer rates in women under 50 are now 82% higher than for men the same age, signaling a dramatic, steady climb ...

6. The growing case for doing less: How harmless cancers are ...

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   Adamson notes that screening 1,000 women for breast cancer will statistically avoid one cancer-related death. ... the rate of mortality due to this skin cancer has remained generally stable ...

7. Mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely.A mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast cancer. [1] [2] In some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer choose to have the operation as a preventive measure. [1]