| SLUG| BREAST CANCER SPECIAL
WORDS: Jo Willacy, Charlotte Maugham, Jessie Bland PHOTOGRAPHS: Getty Images, PA Photos | STOCKISTS: Go to pg 311
AT A TIME
Thousands of women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, but there is hope for all
programme, women are invited to attend routine mammograms between the ages of 50 and 70. The programme is a rolling one, which invites women from GP practices in turn, which means that not every woman will receive an invitation before she is 50. But you will receive your first invitation before your 53rd birthday. Women thought
Take it one step
What causes it?
W
hile breast cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK, eight out of 10 patients will live beyond five years. The risk of developing breast cancer increases with age, and eight in 10 cases are in women aged 50 and over. As part of the NHS breast-screening
to be at greater risk of breast cancer than the general population will be offered screening from the age of 40.
The cancer occurs when some of the cells in the breast begin to grow abnormally and divide more rapidly than healthy cells. They may also spread through the breast to the >
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