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Cancer screening increases survival rates, report shows

How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder

Obese people have a higher breast cancer screening false positive rate - so they're more likely to be misdiagnosed as having cancer when they don't. (PA Wire) Source: Press Association

People with breast, bowel and cervical cancers detected through Australia's screening programs have a better chance of surviving than those who have never been screened.


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By Amanda Copp, Natarsha Kallios

Presented by Seda Ercan

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People with breast, bowel and cervical cancers detected through Australia's screening programs have a better chance of surviving than those who have never been screened.



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