In the
UK, 28% of women who have had the most advanced breast cancers survived for
three years. It is suggested that by a study in the British Journal of Cancer,
that women with late-stage breast cancer have a lower survival rate in the UK
than five other high-income countries, including Sweden and Canada. It is questioned
if women in the UK were receiving the best treatment. This study is only dealing with women with
advanced breast cancers. It is also
suggested that older women with breast cancer and women with more advanced
diseases may be treated less aggressively in the UK than the other surrounding
high-income countries. “In the UK, we
should now investigate whether the treatment of women with later-stage breast
cancer meets international standards.
There is particular concern that this is not the case, especially for
older women,” states Sara Hiom, Cancer Research UK’s director of early
diagnosis. She also said, “We know that
UK women diagnosed with breast cancer are not routinely given CT scans to check
if the disease has spread, which could mean we aren’t always accurately staging
more advanced diseases.”
Internationally
women are affected by diseases and cancers.
The down fall with women living in specific locations is that they’re
not necessarily having access to proper medical treatment due to: either living in a more poverty area,
political government having advantage over what medical treatment you can get,
the lack of medical treatment from the health care facility. It blew my mind that the UK is not following
up with women who have cancers to see if the disease is spreading. A lot of the time, it is based on the
individual and the inadequate treatment if the patient does not have the
financial ability to cover these expenses with insurance. Medical providers are trying to help
individuals with some costs, but mostly poorer nations do not have medical
technology or the facilities to diagnosis or treat people.
Jacqueline Wooten
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