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根据以下材料,回答题 ScreenTest
1.EveryyearmillionsofwomenarescreenedwithX-raystopickupsignsofbreastcancer.Ifthishappensearlyenough,thediseasecanoftenbetreatedsuccessfully.Accordingtoasurveypublishedlastyear,21countrieshavescreeningprogrammes.Nineofthem,includingAustralia,Canada,theUSandSpain,screenwomenunder50.
2.Butthemedicalbenefitofscreeningtheseyoungerwomeniscontroversial,partlybecausetheradiationbringsasmallriskofinducingcancer.Also,youngerwomenmustbegivenhigherdosesofX-raysbecausetheirbreasttissueisdenser.
3.ResearchersatthePolytechnicUniversityofValenciaanalysedtheeffectofscreeningmorethan160,000womenat11localclinics.Afterestimatingthewomen'sincreasingdoseofradiation,theyusedtwomodelstocalculatethenumberofextracancersthiswouldcause.
4.ThemathematicalmodelrecommendedbyBritain'sNationalRadiologicalProtectionBoard(NRPB)predictedthatthescreeningprogrammewouldcause36cancersper100,000women,18ofthemfatal.ThemodelpreferredbytheUNScientificCommitteeontheEffectsofAtomicRadiationledtoalowerfigureof20cancers.
5.Theresearchersarguethatthelevelofradiation-inducedcancersis"notverysignificant"comparedtothefarlargernumberofcancersthatarediscoveredandtreated.TheValenciaprogramme,theysay,detectsbetween300and450casesofbreastcancerinevery100,000womenscreened.
6.Buttheypointoutthattheriskofwomencontractingcancerfromradiationcouldbereducedbybetween40and80percentifscreeningbeganat50insteadof45,becausetheywouldbeexposedtolessradiation.Theresultsoftheirstudy,theysuggest,couldhelp"optimise(完善)thetechnique"forbreastcancerscreening.
7."Thereisatrade-off(平衡)betweenthediagnosticbenefitsofbreastscreeninganditsrisks,"admitsMichaelClarkoftheNRPB.Buthewarnsthatthestudyshouldbeinterpretedwithcaution."Onthebasisofthecurrentdata,forevery10cancerssuccessfullydetectedandpreventedthereisariskofcausingonelaterinlife.That'swhyradiationexposureshouldbeminimisedinanyscreeningprogramme."
Paragraph2__________. A.Harmscreeningmaydotoayoungerwoman
B.Smallriskofinducingcancersfromradiationmodels
C.Investigatingtheeffectofscreening
D.Effectspredictedbytwoaredifferent
E.Treatmentofcancers
F.Factorsthattriggercancers
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