Cancer patient urges women to investigate their mammogram optionsMARY FITZGERALD/Stuff.co.nz Breast screening technology gets a boostAn Auckland cancer patient's only motive is to help other women. This from an eastern bays woman in her 60's who has had breast cancer detected recently on the tomosynthesis mammogram. The patient says there is no breast cancer history in her family. According to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, 90 - 95 per cent of those diagnosed won't have either. According to the New Zealand Breast Foundation eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer a day in New Zealand.

Source: Stuff October 21, 2016 00:54 UTC