Saturday 8 September 2012

Breast Cancer Screening Halves The Risk of Dying

Screening halves the risk of dying from breast cancer, finds a new study. The findings reaffirmed the importance and efficacy of mammography, said University of Melbourne Research Fellow Dr Carolyn Nickson and colleagues from the Melbourne School of Population Health. The study followed about 4,000 women in a study of the BreastScreen program in Western Australia. It focused on women aged 50-69 years, who are in the target age range for screening. ...

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