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One in eight Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before their 85th birthday, a new report has found.
While survival rates among Australian women with breast cancer were the highest in the world, evidence have shown that Aussie women were still not receiving the most appropriate care when diagnosed, Cancer Australia said in a statement on Monday.
"Some patients are not getting the information they need about the options that are right for them," Cancer Australia chief executive Professor Helen Zorbas said.
"This unwarranted variation in practice has the potential to have an impact on patient outcomes and experience," she said.
At present, breast cancer was among the most commonly diagnosed cancer disease among Australian women.
Pink Lady silhouettes rest in the ground outside of the MCG in support of the Breast Cancer Network Australia during the round six Pink Lady AFL match between the Melbourne Demons and the Sydney Swans at Melbourne Cricket Ground on May 9, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo:businessinsider.com
Cancer Australia reports that for 2016 alone an estimated of 16, 084 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in Australia of which 150 were males while the rest females.
Zorbas added that the mortality rate year on year has been dropping, with survival numbers increasing.
"Although more people are being diagnosed with breast cancer, it is because the population is increasing," she said.
Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who was present at a function to commemorate the Pink Ribbon Day organized by Cancer Australia in Sydney on Monday, said in his speech that the survival rate among breast cancer patients had increased from 72 percent in the 1980's to 90 percent as of today.
"But more than 3,000 people, mostly women as we know will die from Breast Cancer this year," Turnbull said.
"We are going to continue, our commitment must be to improve that survival rate, continue to find the best treatments, the best clinical practicism, some are set out in this document here today to ensure that we win the fight against breast cancer," he added.
(APD)
