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Published Date: 28 January 2009
YOUNG women with a deadly breast cancer gene could be putting themselves at greater risk by undergoing early mammograms, a US study has found.
It says the chance of radiation-induced breast cancer may outweigh the benefits of mammograms for women under 30 with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.

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  • Last Updated: 27 January 2009 9:58 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Breast cancer
 
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Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 28/01/2009 02:02:08

Yep! I have always been wary on "mammograms" and the cell damage they will do, once again it is only years later, we find experimenting on Women, went tragically wrong, only to be to the Tragic Loss, of the ones we Loved!



 

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