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Mez_BCNA
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2 years ago

BCNA Leads First National Roadmap to Collecting Metastatic Breast Cancer Data

A roadmap to finally count the number of people diagnosed with incurable and life limiting metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is a step closer thanks to the $1.5 million announced over the weeken...
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arpie
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10 months ago
I find that hard to believe that it will take 10 years to get sufficient data to track all those with Breast Cancer Mets .... it almost smacks of some sort of 'rorting'?  Maybe those running the process should have their salaries halved, so it will take half the time!?

Why is it so difficult collate this info now (or within the next year or 2?)  

Is it ALL Mets patients, no matter the cancer type, that aren't being currently 'collated' ... or is it just those with Breast Cancer Mets?