研究显示 定期筛查使乳腺癌死亡率有所下降

Don't skimp on breast Cancer screening.

不要在乳腺癌筛查上节省开支。

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光检查的有效性曾受到质疑，但一项新的研究可能会平息这一争论。

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.

研究结果显示，定期做乳房X光检查，有助于将在诊断后10年内死于该疾病的风险降低60%，在20年内减少47%的风险。

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.

由伦敦玛丽女王大学牵头、美国癌症协会联合撰写的该报告，跟踪了从1977年到2015年，52438名40岁至69岁的瑞典女性。

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

这项研究的结论是，早期接受癌症筛查和治疗的女性，存活率要显著提高。

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

当然，这听起来是明摆着的事情，但研究人员坚持认为这些数据标志着重大突破。

"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.

资深作家斯蒂芬·达菲在一份声明中表示：“这些新的研究结果表明，筛查也起到了至关重要的作用，使女性从现代治疗中获益更大。”他的报告发表在美国癌症协会的期刊《癌症》上。