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.
The full article contains 55 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
27 January 2009 9:58 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Breast cancer
