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Annals of Oncology 2007 18(9):1431-1432; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm380
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© 2007 European Society for Medical Oncology

editorials

Breast cancer follow-up: just a burden, or much more?

C. Tondini1,*, P Fenaroli2 and R Labianca1

1 Division of Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer Unit
2 Breast Surgical Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy

* (E-mail: carlo.tondini@ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it)

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In the western world, breast cancer is the most common neoplastic disease in adult women. According to the World Health Organization, >1.2 million people will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year worldwide. With early detection and appropriate treatment, the percentage of women surviving at least 5 years after diagnosis and treatment has shifted from 70% in the early 1970s to 90% in the late 1990s. As of now, in the United States there are ~2.5 million women who are breast cancer survivors (http://progressreport.cancer.gov/). These women, following cancer treatment, will be kept under a surveillance strategy, called ‘follow-up’. From . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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