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Cancer Research UK says this offers "reassurance" to many women but warns more highly-trained staff are needed to meet rising demand.Government ministers say this workforce strategy is due shortly.Mairead MacKenzie, 69, from Surrey, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, after finding a swelling under one arm."But I knew it had to be bad," she says.
"Good, clear communication about prognosis can make a vast difference to a patient's quality of life, and how they can cope with things," Mairead says.Breast screening looks for cancers that are too small to see or feel - it's offered only to age groups most at risktracked more than half a million women with early, invasive breast cancer - mostly stage one and two - diagnosed in the 1990s, 2000s and between 2010 and 2015.
"That's good news - and reassuring for clinicians and patients," oncologist and lead researcher Prof Carolyn Taylor says.Surgery cures most breast cancers - but if some disease remains, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy can reduce the long-term risk of dying.more targeted therapies for early breast cancer, such as HerceptinBut prognosis will also depend on someone's age, type of breast cancer and underlying health.
Cancer Research UK evidence and implementation director Naser Turabi says Covid was "very disruptive" but accepts "we were already on a worsening trend before the pandemic"."We need more highly trained staff, such as radiologists and oncologists, to cope with increased demand and an ageing population," Mr Turabi adds.In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, cancer treatment should start within 62 days of an urgent referral by a GP.
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