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Study monitored 500,000 women from Sweden and found 32% did not attend first mammogram appointment

During a clinical trial using additional scans, an extra 85 cancers were found.

Stage 0 cancers rarely cause symptoms, they’re usually detected through screening

ANALYSIS: Tina Knowles recently spoke about her breast cancer diagnosis. Justin Stebbing reports on why this will save lives

At 71, Tina Knowles – the fashion designer, businesswoman, and mother of Beyoncé – made headlines not for her career, but for a deeply personal revelation: her breast cancer diagnosis. In 2023, a routine mammogram uncovered two tumours in her left breast, one benign and the other malignant. Diagnosed with…

COMMENT: Male GPs can check you and male consultants can diagnose you – so why shouldn’t men do the physical screenings, too? asks Emma Clarke

Mammograms are currently only carried out by female staff.

Mammograms are only carried out by female staff.