Experts from Salzburg warn against the radical step of a breast amputation. The debate started last week, when Hollywood Star Angelina Jolie announced that she had her breasts removed out of fear of breast cancer. The debate about breast amputations was the topic of last week. Due to a congenital mutation, Angelina Jolie was at […]
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A vast majority of Austrian women are undergoing preventive breast cancer screening, according to a new study.German technology and health sector company Siemens AG found that 82 per cent of women living in Austria have seen doctors for such treatments. The firm, which interviewed over 4,000 women aged between 25 and 65 in eight countries, […]
Almost every third woman who dies from breast cancer is aged between 50 and 69, new figures show.State agency Statistik Austria announced today (Tues) that 510 of the 1,594 women who passed away from breast cancer in Austria last year were members of the high risk group of people at the age from 50 to […]
A new awareness breast cancer initiative has been launched as around 5,000 women develop the disease in Austria every year.Peter Fritsch of the Tyrolean department of the Austrian Cancer Society (Österreichische Krebshilfe) announced today (Thurs): “Around one in eight women suffer from breast cancer.”Fritsch explained around 200 sufferers were undergoing radiation therapy at the Klinik […]