Opinion: It's time to win the fight against breast cancer
The science and technology exists to save millions of women from dying of breast cancer. Now we need the political will.
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The science and technology exists to save millions of women from dying of breast cancer. Now we need the political will.
House Bill 371 is a new Ohio law that aims to help more patients get the screenings they need to detect the disease more quickly.
Cincinnati attorney Michele Young convened lawmakers and stakeholders for a breast cancer bill that passed in Ohio. Now, she wants the nation to follow.
It's been more than two years since Sherry Hughes learned she had breast cancer. Now she's more determined than ever to raise awareness and advocate for other women.
"According to the American Cancer Society's estimate, over 280,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in 2021," explains Xiaoting Zhang, PhD, professor and Thomas Boat Endowed Chair in UC's Department of Cancer Biology, director of the Breast Cancer Research Program and member of the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center, who led this research. "Like many other cancers, breast cancer cells are fueled by mutations and overproduction of 'driver' genes, which lead the process of cancer development." He says one of these genes, called HER2 (human epidermal growth fact...