• PHOTO: Taking time for a mammogram or breast screen could save your life. PHOTO SOURCED.
OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Breastscreen NSW staff want to remind women in western NSW to be vigilant about the disease.
In 2022, more than 20,000 Australians will be diagnosed with breast cancer and over 3,200 people will die from this disease.
The better news is that, in the 25 years from 1989–1993 to 2014–2018, the five-year relative survival for breast cancer improved from 77% to 92 . . .
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