breast screening

In an article entitled "What are the drawbacks of breast screening?"

She said the take-up of breast screening was good about 77 per cent.

Better information on cervical and breast screening, for example.

There is general agreement in the scientific community that breast screening reduces mortality from the disease.

Women GPs have been complaining about the breast screening programmes.

Its spokesman said: "We urge all women to go for breast screening when invited.

The first to hit the market was a mammography system, mainly targeted for intense breast screening programs.

"Women deserve more balanced information to help them to choose whether or not to accept a breast screening invitation.

It is a disgrace that in Ireland we are still waiting for the rollout of a national breast screening programme.

All Member States must introduce - urgently - nationwide breast screening.

Breast screening is a politically sensitive issue.

This means that only a third who were found to have breast cancer would have been detected by breast screening.

Similarly, for breast cancer, there have recently been criticisms that breast screening programs in some countries cause more problems than they solve.

That means that what was started in the 1990s with the breast screening programmes now requires further completion, and that is why we stand together.

Breast screening can considerably reduce mortality from breast cancer amongst women aged between 50 and 69.

At 6 months, the entire cohort had experienced a decrease in measures of cancer worry and psychological consequences of breast screening.

Because of the lack of early symptoms, most women who develop this condition are detected with it as a result of breast screening.

Breast screening services are provided at fifty percent of the normal subsidized fee, or at no cost to the destitute.

Women registered with a GP will receive invitations for cervical and breast screening if appropriate.

MORE than 12,500 women attended the Victoria breast screening unit during the first three years of the programme.

Having put off the appointment for several weeks, I dutifully attended my local breast screening clinic for a mammogram last month.

Later that year Julie Walters opened the Breast screening Unit.

Porter appeared topless in the documentary to undergo a breast examination and breast screening.

The national breast screening programme is free and offers mammography breast X-rays every three years to all women between the ages of 50 and 64.

Other leading specialties include prosthetics & orthotics, chronic pain management, the regional joint assessment centre, and the Ontario breast screening program.