Breast Cancer
Women in their 40s have lower mammographic tumor detectability
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 12th, 2010
Mammography screening outcomes, measured in terms of tumor size, lifetime gained and mortality, have typically been poorer in women in their forties than women in their fifties, partly because tumors of younger women tend to grow more quickly, so by the time they grow to a detectable size, they would have likely already been detected by a routine examination. Younger women also tend to have denser breast tissue, which can...
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