Breast Cancer Screening

Lower Breast Cancer Screening from Age 40 - specific CAT125 blood test


Example from petition:

... at only 42 years old. She had breast cancer that was caught so late that it had spread to her liver. It was caught so late that she passed away 5 days after her formal diagnosis. She was only sick for about 2 months.


During those 2 months she was incorrectly diagnosed 4 times.


It began with her complaining of abdominal pain, so it was believed she had a broken rib, then gall stones, then pancreatitis and an infection.


However the second doctor she spoke to ran a specific blood test, CAT125 test, which flagged up the original possibility of cancer.


Without that they would have never had known that she had it.


After a later blood test showed a very high infection rate, of over 600, she was admitted to hospital to treat the infection. Which we now know was her liver shutting down as they were unable to detect where the infection was and also where it had come from.


During her stay at the hospital 3 doctors were unable to physically feel the lumps in her breasts. It took the 4th doctor a long time to be able to discover them. 


20% of breast cancer diagnoses are under the age of 50. That’s about 11,000 people.


Mammograms are the last resort when analysing abnormal breast pain. When they should be the first.


Mammograms won’t be performed on someone under the age of 50 unless something can be physically felt.


However 1 in 7 women are likely to get breast cancer and it is the 2nd highest mortality rate for cancer for women.


There is a lot of guidance for checking your breasts but as I have previously stated 3 professional doctors were unable to feel the lumps in  my mum"...

Make Lymphoedema Bras

free on NHS prescription

After breast cancer surgery can have severe lymphoedema in your breast and ribs area.


Lymphoedema is a long-term condition, which means that once it has developed it can be controlled, but is unlikely to ever go away completely.


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Breast Cancer Screening

Better Screening Once Breast Cancer Detected

 Entitle women who have had primary breast cancer to regular monitoring scans alongside their annual mammogram without a GP referral. 

 Secondary breast cancer does not return to the breast, so just having a 
mammogram check alone 
is not enough.

Example from Sharon Baker who has published Petition 

Her name is Sharon Baker and and she has incurable secondary breast cancer.
After her primary breast cancer diagnosis, she had clear annual mammograms but when in fact progressive secondary disease was growing throughout her body. 

Sharon Baker has cancer throughout most of her skeleton.  

Sharon Baker informs she had never been offered a scan alongside her mammogram, despite being high risk of her cancer returning. 

(Sharon Baker) has just been diagnosed with cancer in her brain. 

Secondary breast cancer is when breast cancer returns to the body after a primary diagnosis and is incurable. 

Caught early it is treatable and 
can be successfully managed for many years. 

However, scanning in the UK to pick up and monitor the disease is inadequate. 

Better Breast Screening

Find better screening device, designed fully around women's breasts, instead of two huge plates of metal crushing ladies' breasts. 

MEN WOULD HAVE COME UP WITH A BETTER BREAST SCREENING SYSTEM if this had been the case.
In no way want to trivialise this very serious issue.

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