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The fact that breast cancer is so common led women to get organized and raise private funds as well as demanding government funding. We're the majority population group after all, and 1 in 10 of us will get breast cancer.
A lot of more rare cancers don't have the numbers of passionate people behind them to fund the necessary research. It's not fair but cancer ain't fair.
Another thing about breast cancer, it's easier to screen for routinely than, say, pancreatic cancer, so it's now often caught early enough for treatment to succeed. And it's easier to access that first tumor without having to dodge vital organs.
A patient who lives long enough to undergo radiation, chemo, and immunotherapy provides valuable information to researchers.