Breast Cancer Cases Climb, Screening Drop Over Pandemic

Breast Cancer Cases Climb, Screening Drop Over Pandemic
Illustration shows a mammography at the breast clinic of Saint-Jean Clinique in Brussels, Oct. 16 2020. Benoit Doppagne/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images
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Australian women are being urged to take the health of their breasts seriously as rates of the deadly cancer climb.

The Australian Institute for Health and Welfare estimates about 20,428 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, up from 19,866 two years ago.