Woman found cancer after requesting mammogram at 79
Carol Turansky says it was only discovered after she contacted the breast cancer screening unit.
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"Cancer doesn't stop when you're 70 - and neither should mammograms."
— Carol Turansky , Activist
"Without the mammogram, who knows? It would have grown and grown."
— Carol Turansky , Activist
"There could be other health problems that patients have."
— Sam Robinson , Activist
"It's more likely that someone in their older years will die with breast cancer rather than from breast cancer."
— Sam Robinson , Activist
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Carol Turansky says it was only discovered after she contacted the breast cancer screening unit.
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