Millions of women in England can soon be offered breast cancer controls in their thirty on the NHS.
Currently, all women between 50 and 70 years of age are invited for screening every three years, with the first invitation between the ages of 50 and 53.
But every year more than 10,000 British women who are too young to get a check are diagnosed with the disease, with 2,000 deaths among those under the age of 50.
Now a groundbreaking new study has shown that almost one in five women who have been tested in the thirty have an increased risk of developing breast cancer.
Dr. Sacha Howell, a consultant in the world famous Christie Hospital in Manchester, who led the study, said that all women should now undergo an ‘extensive risk assessment’ from the age of 30.
He was also girls aloud singer Sarah Harding’s consultant when she was treated at the Christie.
She was 39 when she died of triple negative breast cancer in 2021, just over a year after the diagnosis.
One of her last wishes was to find new ways to see breast cancer early when it can be treated more.
Currently, all women between the ages of 50 and 70 are invited for screening every three years, with the first invitation between the ages of 50 and 53
Girls aloud singer Sarah Harding was 39 when she died of the disease in 2021, just over a year after the diagnosis
The former band members of MS Harding said that the findings were ‘amazing’ and that the singer, who died in 2021, would have been ‘happy’ that her legacy made such a difference.
The study, funded by the Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal, started in May 2023 and has recruited 719 women from the Greater Manchester and Cheshire area from 30 to 39 years.
Women who participate are asked to complete a questionnaire, have a mammogram for risk assessment and offer a saliva sample for genetic tests.
So far, 104 (19 percent) of the 548 analyzed cases have been identified as higher than average risk.
All tailor -made health advice are now offered, including how they can reduce their risk of cancer through diet and exercise, with annual mammograms that are planned as soon as they cross risk thresholds.
The definition of ‘higher risk’ means a 3 percent chance of developing breast cancer in the next 10 years.
This is the average risk for a woman of 50 years and older, and that is why mammograms are then offered routinely.
The test is also extended to other hospitals in the United Kingdom, since senior NHS officials are developing a national cancer plan, which will be the aim of improving the diagnosis and treatment.
Checking your breasts must be part of your monthly routine, so that you notice unusual changes. Just rub and feel from top to bottom, in semi -circles and in a circular movement around your breast tissue to identify any abnormalities
Dr. Howell said: ‘About two -thirds of the women who develop breast cancer has no family history.
‘What we want to do is try to identify women with an increased risk so that we can start screening early and reduce the opportunities of these women.
‘I would like all women older than 30 to have a risk assessment of breast cancer; That doesn’t have to be a mammogram, probably the most powerful part of this is the DNA analysis. ‘
On Saturday he will chair a panel for prevention, risk reduction and genetics at the world’s largest cancer conference, held by the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.
In a statement, girls aloud – Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh – also said: ‘To hear that women who had no idea they could risk the risk of breast cancer and able to take preventive measures.
‘This study in the name of Sarah can be life -saving and we hope that the results will be rolled out in the United Kingdom, allowing doctors to predict and prevent breast cancer for many women.
“Sarah was a great woman and we couldn’t be more proud of the inheritance she left.”
One in seven women in the UK is diagnosed with breast cancer during their lives around 56,000 a year – making the most common cancer in the UK.
Symptoms of breast cancer to pay attention are nodules and swellings, hole of the skin, changes in color, discharge and a rash or crust around the nipple
The figure is around 300,000 in the US annually. About 85 percent of women with breast cancer survive more than five years.
Earlier this year, a shock NHS survey, however, showed that women avoid mammograms because they are worried about topless, think it will hurt or have not found a lump.
The poll of 2,000 women thought that 16 percent claimed that they knew not or not sure or knew that they would attend a breast display if they were invited.
When asked why, 21 percent said they would be ashamed of being topless for someone else.
Almost one in five also said that they would not get a mammogram because they have no possible symptoms of breast cancer, such as a lump.
Figures show that a third of women who asked for screening are not present. That rises to almost half of the women who are invited for the first time.
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