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The hidden costs of breast cancer

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What are the hidden costs of breast cancer? What advances in breast cancer treatment have been made, and how can we tackle the problematic inequities that remain? What needs to be done for patients with metastatic breast cancer? Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Felicia Knaul, Reshma Jagsi, and Fatima Cardoso to discuss the recent Lancet Breast Cancer Commission.You can read the Commission for free by registering:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00747-5/fulltex...

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