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Do We Need a Special Day for Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness? Thoughts from a turtle in a cape
Why do we need a special day for secondary breast cancer? Don't we have a whole month of 'pink'? Isn't that enough? Thoughts from a turtle in a cape..........
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Hi Pink 66 - your post was brilliant - can't believe it's now another one year on...
these pts in particular are great because there's now suggestion that 20-30% of all breast cancer diagnoses will progress to MBC, but the second pt is VERY interesting re 9000 people - where did you get this fig from? and I cannot understand in our current health system why this accurate data is not available???? - that is 9000+ women who could be potentially better managed to maximise their lifespan, quality of life and potential employability - therefore a tax payer too.....
these pts in particular are great because there's now suggestion that 20-30% of all breast cancer diagnoses will progress to MBC, but the second pt is VERY interesting re 9000 people - where did you get this fig from? and I cannot understand in our current health system why this accurate data is not available???? - that is 9000+ women who could be potentially better managed to maximise their lifespan, quality of life and potential employability - therefore a tax payer too.....
- approximately 20% of all breast cancer diagnosis will progress to secondaries
- there are approximately 9,000 people living with secondary breast cancer in Australia at the moment (estimates as statistics are NOT kept)