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News Title Breast cancer deaths not cut by screening: Study
News Contents A new Danish study has revealed that screening women for breast cancer doesn’t reduce the number of deaths. This finding comes as contrary to the earlier findings that screening had reduced breast cancer deaths by 25 percent in Copenhagen. However important problems were identified by the researchers and they have decided to undertake a more comprehensive analysis of the data. For carrying out the study women identified were divided into three separate groups according to age. Women aged 55-74 years, who could benefit from screening, and women aged 35-55 years and 75-84 years, who were largely unaffected by screening. We were unable to find an effect of the Danish screening programme on breast cancer mortality. The reductions in breast cancer mortality we observed in screening regions were similar or less than those in non-screened areas and in younger age groups, and are more likely explained by changes in risk factors and improved treatment than by screening mammography," the authors said. "Our results are similar to what has been observed in other countries with nationally organised programmes. We believe it is time to question whether screening has delivered the promised effect on breast cancer mortality," they added.
 




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