We can thank our friends "down-under" for this excellent study. A recent study from the University of Melbourne shows that getting a regular screening mammogram saves lives! The risk of dying of breast cancer was half in the screening group! You may read more at http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/n-900.
This most recent study to show the benefits of regular mammograms is a case-control study reporting the follow-up of 4000 women, ages 50-69 years, comparing those women who got screening mammograms to those who did not. The conclusion was an average 49% reduction in breast cancer mortality for those women participating in regular screening.
In the simplest terms: those women who got regular screening mammogram cut the risk of dying of breast cancer in half!
This statistic caused the author, Dr Carolyn Nickson to say, "I believe it is time to move from the debate about whether screening [mammograms] reduce mortality" (because they do) ...to ...improving screening participation.
Make certain your friends get regular mammograms!
Together we can prevent 86,000 breast cancer cases each year!
This content is general information and not personal medical advice.
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