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19.08.2023 - 19:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Thousands of women could be saved from the country's biggest killer for women in their 30s - thanks to the legacy of Sarah Harding.
The former Girls Aloud star, who was raised in Stockport, tragically died in 2021 aged just 39, after being diagnosed with breast cancer having found a lump during lockdown.
A doctor, based at the Christie Hospital in south Manchester, who treated Sarah, now wants every woman in the UK to be invited for a risk screening when they turn 30.
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Dr Sacha Howell, honorary consultant in Medical Oncology, says if the study is successful, it could be rolled out nationwide. Pop-up clinics in supermarket car parks could offer women DNA testing and low-dose mammograms, the Mirror reports.
Unlike regular mammograms, which look for tumours, these examine breast density, believed to identify those at higher risk of breast cancer. Dr Howell hopes to eventually invite all women aged 30 to 39 for screening.
Mammograms are currently only routinely offered on the NHS to over 50s. According to Cancer Research, this is because the risk of breast cancer is generally 'very low' for women under the age of 50.
But breast cancer is now the most common cause of death for women in their 30s, and more than 2,300 aged 39 or under are diagnosed each year.
Dr Howell’s initial study – the first into young women’s risks – will recruit 1,000 subjects aged 30-39 for low-level mammograms and saliva DNA analysis. The NHS trial aims to establish whether the density of breast tissue plays a part in the risk of younger women getting the disease, as it does in older women.
This research was possible thanks to funding from the
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passed on Sept. 8, 2022, at the age of 96 in Scotland.The topic came about while Ferguson, 63, was discussing her battle with breast cancer, as she believes the experience has encouraged her to be her true self and “wake up.” “It’s the last thing that the queen said to me: ‘Just be yourself, Sarah,'” Ferguson recalled during the Aug. 30 episode of her podcast, “Tea Talks With the Duchess & Sarah.” “And she saw it,” the Duchess of York continued.
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A brand new cancer research project has officially begun in memory of Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding, with the first woman already taking part.The new project is named Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Young Women (BCAN-RAY) and is being funded by the Sarah Harding Cancer Appeal in association with Cancer Research UK.The project, which is the first of its kind in the world, will involve 750 women, aged 30 to 39, who will undergo tests including a saliva sample to check for gene mutations.The new Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Young Women (Bcan-Ray) project will become one of the first in the world to identify which women are at risk of getting the disease in their 30s. Around 2,300 women aged 39 and under are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year.
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