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To mark Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, the Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN) has unveiled new insights into the challenges facing Canadians living with advanced, or metastatic, breast cancer. A survey of Canadian medical oncologists reveals that many Canadians living with metastatic breast cancer lack both knowledge and resources, and face barriers to accessing treatment options due to cost and gaps in government funding.
The survey [3]identifies cost and current government funding decisions as barriers to treatment for Canadians living with metastatic cancer. In fact, seven out of 10 oncologists (73 per cent) say that the cost of specific treatments and current government funding decisions impact which treatment they recommend for their patients, restricting their ability to provide their patients with all available treatment options.