Some 80% of Italian women with
breast cancer are alive 10 years after their diagnosis, the
Italian association of oncological medicine AIOM said Wednesday.
It said awareness of the cancer was still low and almost a
third of Italian women, 31%, did not know the importance of
feeling one's breasts for lumps.
Some 57% did not know it was possible to treat the disease
even at an advanced stage, AIOM said.
"It is necessary to increase knowledge of treatment options
and how to dal with this disease," AIOM said.
Only 55% of Italian woman are screened for breast cancer, it
said, adding that the numbers were lower in the south of Italy.
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