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Breast cancer summit to be held in Beijing as cases grow

A Breast Cancer Summit, organized by the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology, will be held in Beijing on Friday. The summit will see the launch of a guidebook for breast cancer diagnoses and treatment. This type of cancer is the main cause of death among female cancer patients in China. In Beijing alone, the incidence rate has climbed by 4.6 percent annually in the last two decades, more than double the annual global average of 2 percent. And more young women have been diagnosed with breast cancer in recent years. Early detection and treatment can boost the survival rate dramatically.