Metastatic breast cancer treatments have aided decline in deaths

Metastatic breast cancer treatments have aided decline in deaths

Deaths from breast cancer dropped 58% between 1975 and 2019 due to a combination of screening mammography and improvements in treatment, according to a new multicenter study led by Stanford Medicine clinicians and biomedical data scientists. Nearly one-third of the decrease (29%) is due to advances in treating metastatic breast cancer — a form that … Read more