What research should we be doing?
Hello BCNA community! This is my first post. I'm a scientist working on breast cancer and I was looking through some of the threads here and it strikes me that the issues we scientists think are the i...
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Hi @wingman. Thanks you for your reply and the link to the American study. It's a shame we don't have our own data. I see that density levels in 40-44 yr olds and 45-49 year olds is not that different. It makes me wonder why the rate of BC detection by mammography almost doubles between these two age groups ( BreastScreen Aust Monitoring Report 2012-13 pp.24) and why the mortality benefit of mammography jumps from 5% (40-44) to 30% (45-49) (Cancer Council Australia Breast Cancer/Screening Review) I always guessed it was to do with reduced density at around 45 when many women start to become peri-menopausal. Hmmm.....not sure what to think now!