"You've got breast cancer."
More than 3,500 women in Alberta will hear those words each year.
It's a scary diagnosis, and the treatments surgery, radiation, hormone, genetic or chemotherapy are no picnic.
But the truth is breast cancer has one of the highest survival rates of any type of cancer, and it's improving all the time, thanks in part to research underway at the University of Alberta.
Alberta currently has 73 active breast cancer clinical trials, many led by U of A faculty from across the College of Health Sciences, the Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta and the Cross Cancer Institute.
From identifying the best foods to eat while fighting breast cancer, to targeting mammary gland proteins that misfire, improving techniques for diagnosing breast cancer, and optimizing therapy after treatment, U of A breakthroughs are improving outcomes and quality of life for breast cancer patients.
In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Canada, here are six more U of A breast cancer innovations to know about.
