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Mammography screening reduces breast cancer mortality
June 28, 2011 – 11:43 pm | No Comment

(MedHeadlines) – Breast cancer screening with mammography results in a significant reduction in breast cancer mortality, according to long-term follow-up results of a large-scale Swedish trial. The results are published online in the journal Radiology.

Long-term benefits of breast screening
June 28, 2011 – 7:41 am | No Comment

(MedHeadlines) – Results from the longest running breast screening trial show that screening with mammography reduces the number of deaths from breast cancer.
The study*, by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, shows that the …