The Sarah Harding legacy that could save thousands from biggest killer for women in their 30s
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThousands of women could be saved from the country's biggest killer for women in their 30s - thanks to the legacy of Sarah Harding.
The former Girls Aloud star, who was raised in Stockport, tragically died in 2021 aged just 39, after being diagnosed with breast cancer having found a lump during lockdown.
A doctor, based at the Christie Hospital in south Manchester, who treated Sarah, now wants every woman in the UK to be invited for a risk screening when they turn 30. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Dr Sacha Howell, honorary consultant in Medical Oncology, says if the study is successful, it could be rolled out nationwide.
Pop-up clinics in supermarket car parks could offer women DNA testing and low-dose mammograms, the Mirror reports. Unlike regular mammograms, which look for tumours, these examine breast density, believed to identify those at higher risk of breast cancer.
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