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Five Shared Decision Making Tips for Supporting Patients with Breast Cancer

Health Dialog

It is estimated 246,660 American women will have received a new diagnosis of breast cancer this year. Early detection and treatment has proven to increase survival rate. In fact, women who are diagnosed and treated early (when the cancer is localized) have an average five-year relative survival rate of 99%. Meaning they are 99% likely as women in the general population to survive five years beyond their diagnosis date.

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