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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Martin Bagot

DARK SECRETS: Technology advances see breast cancer patients become long term survivors | Vintage Vibes

Living with breast cancer rather than dying from it is the new normal according to a 22-year study of the disease in Britain.

Oxford University found most women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer can expect to become "long-term survivors" and for some the risk of death within five years is as low as 0.2%.

Technological advances have transformed survival chances for most cancers but mortality rates in Britain are still worse than the European average for most cancers.

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