National Breast Cancer Screening Programs-Dangerous Blood Clots-Blood Clot Risk

Dutch data adds to breast cancer screening debate

Results from one of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programs have shown that it has contributed to a 31% drop in deaths from the disease since 1989, with limited overdiagnosis and reasonable costs. (Source: MedWire News - Breast Cancer) read more..

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Blood clot risk higher in heavy women

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged women who are overweight or obese run a higher risk of potentially dangerous blood clots, especially after surgery, a large new study finds. The research, which followed more than one million UK women, confi... read more..

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National Breast Cancer Screening Programs

Twenty-year Breast Cancer Screening Program Shows Great Progress

One of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programs has shown that with reasonable costs and few false diagnoses and other drawbacks, overall harm and deaths from the disease has been significantly reduced... read more..

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Significant Drop In Deaths, Limited Harm And Reasonable Costs Shown By 20-Year Results From Breast Cancer Screening Program

Results from one of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programmes have shown that it has contributed to a drop in deaths from the disease, that any harm caused by the screening, such as false positives and over-diagnosis, has been limited, and that the costs have been reasonable... read more..

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