不要在乳腺癌筛查上节省开支。
Don't skimp on breast cancer screening.
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 efficacy of mammography has been called into question before, but a new study might put that debate to rest.
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 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.
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 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.
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。
The study concludes that women who are screened and treated for cancer at an earlier stage have significantly increased odds of survival.
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。
Sure, that might sound like a no-brainer -- but researchers insist the data marks a major breakthrough.
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。
"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.