Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry News_winter 2010_2011

Page 6

research highlights

yearly mammograM

screening for women with a family history of cancer could

save lives

Giving women younger than 50 with a family history of breast cancer a mammogram every year will detect more cancers and could save lives, according to an article published online in The Lancet Oncology in November.

6

WINTER 2010/11


Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.