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Article: Breast cancer anxiety highest in Britain.
- Article from:
- The Star (Amman, Jordan)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2005
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By Sarah Boseley One in three British women would be willing to have both breasts removed if they thought they were at high risk of breast cancer, a survey has found. Women in Britain are more worried about breast cancer than in many other countries, according a six-country survey carried out ahead of trials of a daily pill to be taken by healthy women in the hope of preventing breast cancer. Among the 1,565 questioned in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Italy and the UK, one in five women said they would consider having a double mastectomy (breast removal) to prevent breast cancer if they were at high risk. Cancer Research UK, which commissioned the research, said on ...