Mammograms More Effective At Catching First Than Second Breast Cancers Early

[News]

Mammograms are effective at catching breast cancers early in women with a personal history of the disease, but not as effective as they are in women with no such history, according to the findings of what has been termed the most comprehensive relevant study of the effectiveness of annual screening for breast cancer survivors...

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[Jackie07]

The title seems to be rather confusing - the abstract states that it catches 'recurrence' (women with a personal history of the disease), but not as effective as they are in women with no such history [that would be their 'first' cancer, I presume]

So the title should have been 'Mammograms more effective at catching 2nd than first breast cancers early'.

However, based on my personal history - my recurrence was neglected for 4 years because it had been read as 'scar tissue' - statistics or study result really doesn't make any difference to the individual who has suffered from the consequence of those errors.