Doctor promotes screening as breast cancer deaths rise
Annual deaths from breast cancer are on the rise, but screening alone can save 4,000 women per year, a doctor said, urging women to get screened. If breast cancer is caught in its early stages, the annual numbers of deaths caused by breast cancer could be reduced by 41 percent, said Lin Li-ju (林莉茹), director of the Health Promotion Administration’s (HPA) Cancer Prevention and Control Division. “However, since the [COVID-19] pandemic started, women have been reluctant to visit hospitals and clinics to be screened. Last year, 81,000 fewer people were screened than the year before,”...
Source: taipeitimes.com