Breast Cancer Danger from X-Ray Radiation

Study shows some women under 30 at greater risk from X-Ray and mammogram radiation radiation than older women.

According to CBC Health News a recent study shows that,  "women at hereditary risk for breast cancer who receive mammograms or chest X-rays before sage of 30  may be at higher risk for the disease European research shows."

According to this study women who carry  mutations in two genes BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 should be cautious about submitting themselves to X-Rays before age of 30 according to a  Professor Douglas Easton of  Cancer Research UK.

Doctors stressed that this does not mean such women should never   be X-rayed, but that they should ask for cancer screening through MRIs  or Magentic Resonance Imaging instead of using X-rays and mammograms.

Women carrying these mutated genes are definitely more likely to develop breast cancer as result of repeated X-ray radiation according to the study.

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