Posted AT 6:15 AM EDT on 11/04/07
Breast cancer death rate falling
Progress in detection and treatment of breast cancer over the past 20 years has reduced the death rate from the disease by 25 per cent, the Canadian Cancer Society says.
About one in every 100 Canadian women has now survived breast cancer, according to a new report from the CCS.
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