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View Post: Breast Cancer Activist Says Annual Mammogram Screenings Still ...
13 hours ago by University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service  
Breast Cancer Activist Says Annual Mammogram Screenings Still Effective. Posted by University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service on November 23, 2009 ...
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View Post: Confused? Get the Mammogram - The Local - Maplewood Blog - NYTimes.com
17 hours ago by By M. MICHELE BLACKWOOD, MD  
Although mammography may not be a perfect screening tool and may result in false positives, the scientific evidence is clear that it has reduced breast cancer mortality. In my experience, patients would rather endure a small amount of ...
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View Post: Elaine Schattner: Mammography: A Not-So-Fatalistic View
16 hours ago by Elaine Schattner  
I'm a medical oncologist and breast cancer survivor who holds a highly informed and intensely personal perspective on the subject. In my view, the press is getting and giving the wrong message on mammography. There are significant flaws ...
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View Post: Cancer Industry Abandons Science to Keep Pushing Mammograms That ...
13 hours ago by vermont  
That evidence doesn't exist. The whole “treatment” scam is based entirely on fiction. Chemotherapy only works at all against three rare types of cancer, and breast cancer isn't one of them. In defending the new mammography guidelines, ...
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View Post: Early detection decreases death rate from breast cancer « Real ...
2 hours ago by Obi Jo  
For example, there is no debate that mammography reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer. As stated in the new USPSTF recommendations, extensive scientific evidence demonstrates that mammography reduces breast cancer mortality both ...
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View Post: Q & A On New Mammography Guidelines With Breast Cancer Surgeon Dr ...
13 hours ago by Natalie Turner  
Q & A On New Mammography Guidelines With Breast Cancer Surgeon Dr. Megan Baker Breast Cancer Surgeon, Dr. Megan Baker from the Medical University of South Carolina answers important questions about the new mammography guidelines issued ...
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View Post: MAinfo: Mammograms: American Cancer Society Guidelines
17 hours ago by Opus #6  
What this means is that mammograms are indeed successful in reducing deaths from breast cancer in all age groups, especially women between 60 and 69 years old. But since the actual incidence of breast cancer is less in women ages 40-49, ...
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View Post: Health News about Poll: Most will ignore new breast cancer ...
13 hours ago by admin  
Breast Cancer Risk Is Not So Easy to Figure Out US News & World Report Getting to the facts in the debate on mammograms Los Angeles Times Women Should Ignore New Mammogram Guideline, Ex-NIH Chief Says Palm Beach Post Washington Post ...
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View Post: New Jersey Moms Blog: I Want My Mammogram
1 hour ago by c2cmom  
These new recommendations for women under 50 to forego mammograms feels like my choice and other women's choice to have a say in our own healthcare is being eroded away. If something exists to catch breast cancer early, I want access to ...
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View Post: Breast Cancer Controversy: Will Reform Impose Guidelines ...
22 Nov 2009 by George Stephanopoulos  
As I pointed out, the bill provides coverage for care that the task force has given grade of “A” or “B,” but this week's new breast cancer guidelines give yearly mammograms for women between ages 40 and 50 a grade of “C,” meaning they ...
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