Breast Cancer Screening Cuts Mortality By Half, UK
Breast cancer screening in East Anglia has reduced deaths from the disease by nearly half, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer1. In East Anglia, being screened on the NHS breast cancer screening programme reduces breast cancer deaths by 48 per cent. This is one of the first of a series of studies assessing the impact of the National screening programme.
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Filed under: Breast Cancer on January 9th, 2008