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[CLKD]

There are always those who have aggressive disease who won't survive.  And others who live with rather than die from, cancers.

Onwards.  Upwards.  Something will get me but it's got to catch me first 

[Ayesha]

Im 65. Does the data show that survival rates improve with age? 

Aging is a factor in developing all types of cancer but it tends not to be as aggressive as it would be if younger.
I wasn't worried about my sister-in-law developing breast cancer over 70, it was removed and she had follow up radiotherapy not chemotherapy.

Only from what I've read, Jules. I haven't done any research but I believe that it's better to get breast cancer when older than when young as the survival rate is better.  But life is a lottery and no point in worrying about what might or might not happen.

[Jules]

I know,  you are all right. I think I have health anxiety at present. A lot has happened in the last 10 years and I must have reached an overload point plus everytime I put the TV on or radio, there's an advert about cancer symptoms or care. And I've suddenly started feeling old😒