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Cancer screening

Friday 03 November 1995 00:02 GMT
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Cancer screening

Almost a quarter more breast cancers can be detected by taking two X- rays during routine screening rather than the one mammogram which has been the usual practice, according to a study at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London published in the British Medical Journal.

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