Half a century of progress against breast cancer comes down to a pair of numbers most patients never hear. "In the 1970s, the five-year survival was in the 70% range," said Dr. Alberto Montero, a medical oncologist, associate professor of medicine at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and clinical director of the Breast Cancer Medical Oncology Program at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center. "Now it's an upwards of 95%. And one of the key things is really early detection."
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