'Global blunder': Many people with breast cancer 'systematically left behind' Breast cancer is now the world's most common cancer; at the end of 2020, 7.8 million women had been diagnosed in the past five years but survived, and in the same year, 685,000 women died from the disease. Despite improvements in research, treatment and survival, gross inequities persist, and many patients are being systematically left behind, which is 'a global blunder', according to a new Lancet Commission. Hidden breast cancer costs and suffering can be financial, physical, psychological, emotional, and social, with impacts on patients, families, and wider society, the Commission says. Many of the costs associated with breast cancer are not adequately measured and remain overlooked by policymakers and society, it adds. The report suggests better communication between patients and health professionals is crucial to improve quality of life, body image, and adherence to therapy - with positive impacts on survival.
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