事实:X光检查是乳腺癌早期发现的最佳方式,但仍是不完美的,目前的建议仍然是40岁以上的妇女每年检查一次。
Fact: Mammograms offer our best means of early detection-current guidelines still recommend them annually for women 40 and older-but they're not perfect.
例如,美国癌症协会发现,乳腺癌患者的生存率如此制高的一个原因就是有很好的检查手段能在疾病的早期发现这一肿瘤。
For example, the American Cancer Society finds that a reason breast cancer survival rates are so high is that there are good methods for early detection of tumors.
在这患乳腺癌死亡的人很多,而美国却少得多,原因就是美国人在患病的早期就能发现——这是我们可以治愈乳腺癌最快的方法。
So many more die there with breast cancer than in the United States because early detection is the only thing we have - the closest thing we have to a cure.
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