Next month will mark two years since the former Girls Aloud star's tragic death
Thousands of women could be saved from the country's biggest killer for women in their 30s - thanks to the legacy of Sarah Harding.
Unlike regular mammograms, which look for tumours, these examine breast density, believed to identify those at higher risk of breast cancer. Dr Howell hopes to eventually invite all women aged 30 to 39 for screening. Dr Howell’s initial study – the first into young women’s risks – will recruit 1,000 subjects aged 30-39 for low-level mammograms and saliva DNA analysis. The NHS trial aims to establish whether the density of breast tissue plays a part in the risk of younger women getting the disease, as it does in older women.
In her powerful memoir, Hear Me Out, released in March 2021, Sarah laid bare her mission to help other women – no matter her own outcome. Referrals more than doubled after Angelina Jolie revealed in 2013 she’d had a double mastectomy on being told she had a 87% risk of breast cancer due to the BRCA1 gene. Now experts hope Sarah can have the same impact.
Catherine Craven-Howe, 33, from Hale, was one of the first 60 recruits to the study held in collaboration with the Universities of Manchester, Cambridge and University College London. She said: “I feel really honoured to be part of Sarah’s legacy.Harding was born in Ascot but was raised in Greater Manchester after her family moved to Stockport when she was 14-years-old.
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