Researchers say their study could help to potentially reduce breast cancer deaths, and cut unnecessary screenings for those at lower risk.
Current breast cancer screening can lead to overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatments, scientists say
This could potentially reduce breast cancer deaths, and cut unnecessary screenings for those at lower risk. “We thank the many thousands of GPs who have contributed anonymised data to the QResearch database, without which this research would not have been possible.” Tailoring screening programmes on the basis of individual risks was recently highlighted as an avenue for further improvement in screening strategy by Professor Chris Whitty.But researchers say not all breast cancers are fatal, and it is known that the risk of being diagnosed does not always align well with the risk of dying from breast cancer after diagnosis.
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