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Kylie Minogue's breast cancer leads to screening spike in young women: study
Summary from Canada, from articles in English
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After pop star Kylie Minogue announced she had breast cancer in April 2005, mammography and ultrasound procedures among low-risk women jumped considerably, say researchers. (article 1)
They discovered that breast imaging in women aged 25 to 44 went up 33 per cent and breast biopsies in this same group went up 46 per cent. (article 1)
" Raising women's awareness of the need to get screened is a generally good thing said Margaret Kelaher in a release. (article 1)
" But these findings suggest that thousands of additional imaging procedures and biopsies did not improve breast cancer detection among young women. (article 1)
It appears there has been a situation where publicity has led to many low-risk women using - and probably overusing - screening services. (article 1)
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cancer, breast, women, Zometa, STUDY |
Source articles
- Kylie Minogue's breast cancer leads to screening spike in young women: study (cbc.ca, 06/04/2008, 270 words)
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