Evolution of breast cancer treatment

Breast cancer treatment has changed enormously since the 1950s.  In this Conversation article by Nicholas Wilcken (University of Sydney Associate Professor and Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group), we are linked to the latest studies and data showing: More effective and less invasive: how breast cancer treatment has evolved since the 1950s.

Today we realise that higher doses of chemotherapy do not necessarily improve the prognosis of those with breast cancer, and a more individual approach is taken. Drugs have improved and fewer people are dying from the disease.