DOTmed.com – Health Care Business Daily News Written by: Thomas Dworetzky , Contributing Reporter A just-published study of breast cancer data has raised the issue of overdiagnosis from mammography screening – and puts tumor size squarely in the middle of the debate. That’s because many “small breast cancers have an excellent prognosis because they are inherently […]
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Breast Cancer Screening Does Not Reduce Deaths Says Study Of 40 Years Of Mammograms
Article Date: 11 Jun 2013 – 9:00 PDT Posted at: MedicalNewsToday.com A new UK study suggests screening for breast cancer does not reduce deaths from the disease. The study, which looked at nearly 40 years of breast screening, adds to the controversy surrounding whether it is screening or improvement in treatment that accounts for the […]
Mammograms Don’t Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths
From The Daily Health. 12th June 2013 We’ve been saying this for a while now: Mammograms simply don’t crack it when it comes to saving lives. In fact, studies have shown that for every 2,000 women over the age of 50 who are screened every year for a decade with this archaic and painful screening […]