Breast cancer, 87% of women live after 5 years of diagnosis – Medicine

In Italy almost nine out of ten women affected by bad cancer (87%) are alive five years after diagnosis. This is a higher percentage than the European average (82%). A result also achieved thanks to the research conducted by the group of the Italian bad (Gim), composed of more than 100 Italian cancer centers working together to carry out innovative experiments. This was discussed today in Rome at the annual Gim meeting. "The results obtained by Gim are at the top of the international scientific community," says Francesco Cognetti, one of the founders of the study group and director of medical oncology at Regina Elena in Rome. Founded in 2002, our cooperative group represents a unique national reality that, recruiting up to 11,000 patients over a decade of activity, has made it possible to conduct so-called spontaneous, academic experiments, able to answer important questions about bad cancer treatment. " In 2017, about 50,000 new cases of bad cancer were estimated in Italy. "In fifteen years, recovery rates for this disease have increased by about 6%, from 81 to 87 percent – Underlined Gori, National President of Aiom (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) ) – It is an exceptional result, to be brought back to prevention campaigns and innovative therapies more and more effective Today, we have many weapons, chemotherapy at the same time. Hormone Therapy to Target Therapies Up to Immunotherapy. "
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