title: Reducing the mortality from breast cancer.
abstract: The mortality from breast cancer could be reduced if the disease could be prevented, cured by treatment not yet developed or identified at such an early stage that it could be cured by existing treatments. Although many aspects of breast cancer remain controversial, there are grounds for optimism in improving prognosis by early identification and treatment of the disease. This paper deals with "early" breast cancer, not advanced disease. While striking, even dramatic, remissions may be achieved by treating patients with advanced breast cancer, such treatment is palliative rather than curative, and reduction in mortality is unlikely to occur.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000401:mortality; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors