Breast cancer: from 1993 to 2001
In a special article published in December 1993, entitled "Breast Cancer after 2001", the authors presented a forecast concerning epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer for the new millenium. Eight years later it is our objective to review and compare the forecasts and present facts...
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| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication date: | 2022 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | UFRGS |
| Repository: | Clinical and Biomedical Research |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/125730 |
| Online Access: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/125730 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Câncer de mama futuro Breast cancer future |
| Summary: | In a special article published in December 1993, entitled "Breast Cancer after 2001", the authors presented a forecast concerning epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer for the new millenium. Eight years later it is our objective to review and compare the forecasts and present facts. Significant progress has happened, the cure rates are higher, mortality has been reduced, and treatment is more humane. The advancements of Medicine in chronic diseases like cancer, however, are observably slow and demand long periods of time to be better understood. |
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