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To: gao seng who wrote (3458)	6/5/1999 12:58:00 AM
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Breast Screening Helpful For Women Under 50 Full Coverage Breast Cancer Research LONDON (Reuters) - Screening for breast cancer helps to reduce deaths from the disease in younger, as well as older women, according to two studies published Friday. The mammogram has been an important tool in diagnosing breast cancer in women over 50 but researchers have been divided about its benefits for younger women because their breast tissue is much denser. Two studies in The Lancet medical journal showed that mammograms helped to detect cancer in younger women. ''The results for younger women suggest benefit from introduction of screening before 50 years of age,'' said Dr Freda Alexander of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She followed the medical histories of more than 54,000 women for 14 years. Half were screened regularly and the other half had medical checkups, but no mammograms. Breast cancer death rates were 21 percent lower in the screening group. A similar study which compared women who were screened, those who attended breast self-examination education centers and others in a control group found that screening reduced the death rate by 27 percent in all age groups after a 16-year follow-up. The UK Trial of Early Detection of Breast Cancer involved more than 100,000 women in eight centers across the country. ''The analysis of results by age at entry continues to suggest that screening of women aged 45-49 years is at least as effective as is that for women over 50 years,'' the researchers said in the report. ___________________ oopes thought this was the second article in the previous post - sorry for the double post here and in tha tpost