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Breast cancer: Tackling the ones left behind!

Content Editor: Dr.Sakshi Aggarwal

April 24, 2024 at 1:30:00 PM

Awareness, Breast Cancer, Equity

Content Editor: Dr.Sakshi Aggarwal
  • The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission report reveals stark disparities, with many breast cancer-affected groups often ignored and forgotten classifying this as a GLOBAL BLUNDER.

  • The Commission's work sheds light on important populations, such as those who are dealing with metastatic breast cancer, and demonstrates the significant, varied, and far-reaching hidden costs of breast cancer and the pain that goes along with it.

  • The new findings of the report include the following as reasons behind this blunder:

  1. Unequal progress

  2. Hidden costs

  3. Lack of communication

  4. Undiagnosed cases

  • A comprehensive, evidence-based plan for addressing these pressing breast cancer issues is outlined by the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission, which includes six themes:

  1. Communicate, 

  2. Include, 

  3. Identify, 

  4. Prevent, 

  5. Collaborate, 

  6. Personalise.

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