Article: Breast Cancer Awareness: The surgeon's story - `Serious lumps are still; escaping; Often GPs believe a lump to be; benign and one in 10 is not' Leading breast cancer surgeon Adam Stacey-Clear explains why women need to know their rights...and GPs need to be more vigilant.(Features)

The success of the NHS Breast Screening Programme and advances in treatment have cut breast cancer deaths by a third in the last 10 years. But the disease remains the most common cause of death in middle-aged women. And many doctors believe when it comes to Britain's record on cancer care, we're nothing more than a Third World country. Latest figures show that British women diagnosed with breast cancer have a 67 per cent chance of living for more than five years; but if they lived in Sweden, France, Switzerland or the US, it would be more than 80 per ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!