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Benefits of mammograms

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Mammograms may cut down on breast cancer-related deaths even more than many experts thought.

Researchers have collected data on more than 130,000 women who were followed for about 3 decades.

They estimate that for every thousand to 15-hundred mammograms, one breast cancer death was prevented.

The biggest benefits were seen about 10 years after screening started.