new hormonal and chemotherapies. advances in radiotherapy. plus improvements in detection and public awareness. myrate mackenzie who s 69 and from surrey was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 after finding a swelling under her arm. she s grateful for all her treatment, but remembers feeling very scared at the beginning. i had no idea what my future was going to be, you know, how long i was going to live, oranything, and i had the chemotherapy, then surgery, radiotherapy, drug therapy, so, the whole book thrown at me, but it s clearly worked. but there are concerns about the current state of cancer care with severe staff shortages. the charity breast cancer now says many patients are waiting far too long for a diagnosis and for treatment and without urgent action we risk seeing decades of progress unravelling. live now to cambridge. also taking part in the study, welcome. thank you for being with us how important is this research? is mainly about being able to offer reassur
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