China reports gains in breast cancer detection, survival rates
chinadaily.com.cn, May 12, 2026 Adjust font size:
China has increased the early-stage detection rate of breast cancer among women to 58 percent and the five-year survival rate to 83 percent over the past five years, offering valuable insights for global efforts to combat the disease, according to a senior medical expert last week.
Fan Daiming, president of the China Anti-Cancer Association and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said the progress is primarily driven by a nationwide push to expand grassroots screening, early diagnosis and treatment.
China's practices have now been incorporated into the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association Guidelines for Holistic Integrative Management of Cancer and shared globally, Fan said during the 23rd World Congress on Breast Cancer and Breast Healthcare, which was held in Tianjin from Friday to Sunday.
The congress was jointly hosted by the Senologic International Society and the China Anti-Cancer Association, and co-organized by Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, the Tianjin Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment Research Center, and the National Clinical Research Center for Cancer.
The event brought together more than 1,000 leading breast health experts and researchers from 21 countries and regions. Participants shared insights on a wide range of topics, including prevention and screening, pathological and imaging diagnosis, precision treatment, translational medicine, nursing, rehabilitation and lifelong care.
Fan said the congress provided a platform to deepen international academic exchange and collaboration and to share cutting-edge diagnostic and treatment experience. Hosting the event in China also underscored the nation's growing international influence in the field of breast health, he added.
Carole Mathelin, president of the Senologic International Society, said breast cancer and other breast diseases have become major public health challenges threatening the lives, health and quality of life of women worldwide.
She said the society looks forward to deeper and broader exchanges and cooperation with China.