Screening women under 50 years old for breast cancer does not significantly reduce deaths from the disease, claim British researchers writing in The Lancet. In this latest study, the team suggest that annual mammograms beginning at the age of 40 will save only four lives for every 1,000 women screened. Consequently, the benefit must be weighted against increased radiation exposure, which could raise breast cancer risk, anxiety caused by false positive results and higher costs for the screening programs. "This trial did not find a significant reduction in breast cancer mortality in women offered annual screening between the ages of 40 and 48 years," said Dr Sue Moss of the Institute of Cancer Research in London.
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I am in my thirties and do the mamogram once a year for my own assurance
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