Many women who survived childhood cancer do not undergo recommended breast cancer screening
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 14:07
in Health & Medicine
Despite recommendations and being at an increased risk of breast cancer, most young women who were treated with chest radiation for a childhood cancer do not undergo appropriate mammography screening, according to a study in the 28 January issue of JAMA...
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