Breast cancer

Abstract

The high incidence of breast cancer makes it a major social-health problem in Spain. Over the last three decades, survival rates have improved markedly thanks to the introduction of mammographic screening campaigns and new treatments. Despite the optimistic data, we should not forget that there some patients still relapse after their breast cancer treatment (about 20%), some of whom die from the disease. It is therefore important to continue breast cancer research efforts until a relapse rate of zero is achieved. In this article, we review various aspects of this disease such as its signs and symptoms, diagnosis, chemoprevention, as well as the treatment of localised and metastatic breast cancer.