South African breakthrough in breast cancer diagnostics

Oh and there's no history of breast cancer in my family either!

Thank goodness you attended for the mammogram womblekelly! I hope the treatment will do the trick, and is not too unpleasant. There are a number of fellow suffers on GN, so do come on here for support and information. Take care!

Good luck with your treatment Womblekelly. I was diagnosed with early primary breast cancer nearly 7 years ago and it is certainly a shock. I would be happy to keep in touch if you feel you need support, just PM me. All treatment is now completed and I continue to be cancer free.

Rosequartz I completely agree with you, mammograms are essential. Sometimes tiny calcification appears and is the first sign of breast cancer and can only be seen on a mammogram, but I'm concerned that not enough is done to educate women about the 20% of breast cancers that cannot be detected that way. The machine that has been developed in SA would cover those but we won't have it in the UK for years yet!