The Most Common Yet Most Overlooked Cancer: Everything About Breast Cancer

Key points in 3 lines

1. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in South Korea, and in 2021 the number of new patients exceeded 30,000 for the first time.
2. 134.5 out of every 100,000 people have the disease, mostly women in their 40s and 50s, and women aged 40 and over are screened through the National Cancer Screening Program.
3. The 5-year survival rate is 98.3% at Stage 0 and 34.0% at Stage 4, so it is important for people aged 40 to 69 to get a mammography screening every two years.

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