A report released today confirms women have a very high chance of surviving breast cancer if it is detected early. The study has found the five-year survival rate for women whose cancer was less than one centimetre in size was almost as high as for women without breast cancer at all.
The director of the National Breast Cancer Centre, Helen Zorbas, says early detection is very important in surviving breast cancer.
"I think the report very clearly identifies that the smaller the breast cancer is at the time it's diagnosed, the better the chance of surviving the disease," he said.
"This is the first time as I say that we have been able to really identify these indicators in relation to survival." © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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