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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
With extra touches of pink everywhere, from supermarket packaging to sneakers in the NFL, it is easy to see that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For the millions of Americans affected by breast cancer, there is reason to hope: as clinical trials bring about new drugs and new treatments for breast cancer, survival rates have steadily improve over the past 25 years. Today, 85% of women diagnosed with breast cancer are cured, said Lajos Pusztai, MD, DPhil, Chief of Breast Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center. “This is a great improvement, but we won’t rest until we get to 100%.”