Mammogram Study Shows No Reduction in Breast Cancer Deaths

A Danish study that “proved” regular mammograms lead to a 25% decrease in breast cancer has been shown to be a flawed study!

Rather, European research teams found that the actual results showed that over a 10 year period (1997-2006) there was only a 1% decline (in women 55-74) in areas where breast screening was undertaken – and a decline of 2% in areas where it was not undertaken.

These results add fuel to the debate about continuing breast screening programmes.  Read the full article at http://bit.ly/cQq1Pe

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