Eight associations are mobilizing in a video to break the loneliness of women with breast cancer.
- The health crisis accentuates the loneliness of women with breast cancer.
- Eight associations are mobilizing to break this loneliness.
With the Covid-19 health crisis, breast cancer patients sometimes have difficulty finding information and support. Many operations have also been postponed, accentuating the feeling of distress.
However, many associations remain mobilized, and continue to propose appropriate actions. To make themselves better known to patients, eight organizations have produced the video below:
This summer, in collaboration with the Rose Up association, the Mylan laboratory collected the words of women with cancer about their daily lives. Bottom line: many did not know how to find the information and support they needed. Thus, 44% of patients questioned wanted more information on daily life with the disease and the potential side effects of treatments, while 31% would like to see supportive care developed.
With 60,000 new cases every year, breast cancer ranks first among incident cancers in women, well ahead of colorectal cancer and lung cancer. Breast cancer screening (recommended every 2 years for women aged 50 to 74, editor’s note) is all the more interesting as the 5-year survival of affected patients is improving more and more: it has gone from 80% for patients diagnosed between 1989 and 1993 to 87% for those diagnosed between 2005 and 2010. As a result, the mortality rate linked to breast cancer is decreasing from year to year.
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