Breast cancer is preventable and treatable, entering the era of "chronic disease"

Statistics from the National Cancer Center in 2019 show that in 2015, there were about 304,000 new cases of breast cancer in Chinese women, accounting for 17.

"Although advanced breast cancer is currently incurable, optimizing the treatment mode and improving the availability of innovative drugs can help patients with advanced stage relieve their clinical symptoms, improve their quality of life, and further prolong their survival time

Treatment methods and strategies continue to increase and optimize, and breast cancer has gradually become a treatable and controllable "chronic disease"

In the past ten years, from surgical treatment, chemotherapy, endocrine therapy to today's targeted therapy, various treatment methods for advanced breast cancer have been emerging and changing, especially the optimization of treatment strategies from "single" to "combination", which has brought about domestic advanced breast cancer.

"Today is the era of precision treatment.

Breast cancer is preventable and curable, and every advanced patient should not give up lightly

Professor Sun Qiang told reporters: "Currently, there are many treatments for breast cancer.

Targeted therapy is a new type of therapy developed in recent years with the emergence of targeted drugs

"This sends a message to female friends: breast cancer is preventable and curable

Targeted drugs and combination therapy prolong patient survival, and high-quality innovative drugs should be included in the medical insurance system

In breast cancer, hormone receptor-positive (HR+) patients account for about 65%, and hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) advanced patients account for about 5% to 10%

"Endocrine therapy is an important treatment for patients with HR-positive advanced breast cancer because of its good efficacy and safety, but there is a problem of drug resistance

Experts also called for improving the availability of breast cancer treatment drugs, and high-quality innovative drugs should be included in the medical insurance system, so that more patients with advanced breast cancer can receive the most effective treatment, and help realize the "Healthy China Action (2019-2030)" The proposed 5-year overall cancer survival rate by 2022 is no less than a target of 43.

Early detection of breast cancer is of great significance, and attention should be paid to annual physical examinations and monthly breast self-examinations

Experts also hope to send a message to the majority of women: breast cancer is preventable, treatable and curable, but early detection is of great significance

"Although this topic is relatively old, as a breast surgeon, I especially hope to let all women know the importance of early detection through publicity