‘Breast cancer screening saves lives’
A study published today in the British Medical journal has found breast cancer screening had “little detectable impact” on reducing death rates from the disease. Dr Sarah Rawlings from Breakthrough Breast Cancer insists screening programmes are still important in saving lives.
6:51PM BST 29 Jul 2011
Dr Rawlings said the study did not take results from breast cancer screening in England but instead compared breast cancer death rates in three pairs of similar territories: Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland; Sweden to Norway; and The Netherlands to Flanders in Belgium.
“It is estimated that 1,400 lives are saved every year by women attending breast screening,” Dr Rawlings said.
“It would be a real shame if women over the age of fifty who are eligible for breast screening now stop going because of this report.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8670523/Breast-cancer-screening-saves-lives.html
