After a new study revealed that people in Hong Kong who report high levels of stress have a 240 percent higher risk of breast cancer, researchers have recommended the government institute a universal screening program.
The Breast Cancer Foundation submitted a position paper to Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Hong Kong’s first female chief executive, urging the government to begin a program for high-risk patients soon and then expand it over time, according to the South China Morning Post. The group also pushed for a population-wide screening program.
“Early detection of breast cancer and reduction of advanced cancer cases will not only save lives and lower treatment costs to individuals but also decrease the overall health care and social costs to society as a whole,” the Breast Cancer Foundation said in the paper.
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