New lumpectomy technique puts breast cancer patients' comfort at the forefront
Though any form of cancer is a scary diagnosis, an analysis of U.S. patient data conducted by the United Kingdom-based Institute of Cancer Research found that from 2005 to 2011, 89% of patients diagnosed with any stage of breast cancer survived at least five years after their diagnosis. A similar analysis from the American Cancer Society from 2011 to 2017 found that patients diagnosed with localized breast cancer — or cancer that hasn’t spread — had a 99% five-year survival rate.
