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During the last decades:
Improved survival
•
Breast cancer screening
•
Improved imaging, e.g. digital mammography
•
Improved surgical and radiotherapeutic techniques
•
Increased use of and more effective systemic treatment
Treatment-induced
toxicity
in breast cancer survivors:
•
Cardiac morbidity
→
decreased quality of life
•
Non-breast cancer mortality
Introduction – Survival and Toxicity