Skipping a mammogram ‘ups risk of breast cancer death’
A study of half a million women underscores the benefit of participating in a screening program, researchers say
Skipping just one recent scheduled screening mammogram prior to breast cancer diagnosis significantly increases the risk of dying from the disease, a study suggests.
Conversely, women who attended their two most recent consecutive screening appointments before diagnosis halved their breast cancer mortality risk, the UK and Swedish researchers say.
