Thousands of women with incurable breast cancer fear they may die sooner because of changes to treatment during the coronavirus outbreak.And today Breast Cancer Now is calling for the “often forgotten” needs of patients with incurable cancer to be recognised.The NHS in Scotland has suspended some services, including routine mammograms, amid fears they could leave the patient more at risk of contracting Covid-19.Breast Cancer Now has heard evidence of the impact across breast cancer services.One breast cancer patient, Karen Hilton, 48, from Dalkeith, Midlothian, was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in September 2018 after noticing lumps in her collarbone.Karen had first been diagnosed with triple negative primary breast cancer with a
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