研究顯示 定期篩查使乳腺癌死亡率有所下降

Don't skimp on breast cancer screening.

不要在乳腺癌篩查上節省開支。

The efficacy of mammography has been called into question before, but a new study might put that debate to rest.

此前，乳房X光檢查的有效性曾受到質疑，但一項新的研究可能會平息這一爭論。

The findings reveal that regular mammograms contributed to a 60 percent decrease in breast cancer death during first 10 years of diagnosis, and a 47 percent reduced risk within 20 years.

研究結果顯示，定期做乳房X光檢查，有助於將在診斷後10年內死於該疾病的風險降低60%，在20年內減少47%的風險。

The report, led by Queen Mary University of London and co-authored by the American Cancer Society, tracked 52,438 Swedish women aged 40-69 from 1977 to 2015.

由倫敦瑪麗女王大學牽頭、美國癌症協會聯合撰寫的該報告，跟蹤了從1977年到2015年，52438名40歲至69歲的瑞典女性。

The study concludes that women who are screened and treated for cancer at an earlier stage have significantly increased odds of survival.

這項研究的結論是，早期接受癌症篩查和治療的女性，存活率要顯著提高。

Sure, that might sound like a no-brainer -- but researchers insist the data marks a major breakthrough.

當然，這聽起來是明擺着的事情，但研究人員堅持認爲這些數據標誌着重大突破。

"These new results demonstrate the vital role that screening also has to play, giving women a much greater benefit from modern treatments," says senior author Stephen Duffy in a statement, whose report appears in the American Cancer Society's journal, Cancer.

資深作家斯蒂芬·達菲在一份聲明中表示：“這些新的研究結果表明，篩查也起到了至關重要的作用，使女性從現代治療中獲益更大。”他的報告發表在美國癌症協會的期刊《癌症》上。