Breast cancer
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Breast cancer

Essential facts

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with around 60,000 new cases diagnosed each year, according to the charity Breast Cancer Care. Over a lifetime, women have a one in eight risk of developing it.

Nursing Standard. 30, 51, 15-15. doi: 10.7748/ns.30.51.15.s16

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