Breast cancer screening is ripe for change. We need to assess a woman’s risk – not just her age
- Written by Carolyn Nickson, Adjunct Associate Professor, The Daffodil Centre, a joint venture between the University of Sydney and Cancer Council NSW, and Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, University of S
Pablo Heimplatz/UnsplashAustralia’s BreastScreen program offers women regular mammograms (breast X-rays) based on their age. And this screening for breast cancer saves lives.
But much has changed since the program was introduced in the early 90s. Technology has developed, as has our knowledge of which groups of women might be at higher risk...
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