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 […]
Posts in category Breast Screening Programme
American Cancer Society abandons ‘one size fits all’ advice on mammograms
By Karen Kaplan – Contact Report Los Angeles Times – October 20, 2015 After a thorough review of the benefits and limitations of mammograms, the nation’s top cancer-fighting organization is advising women that they can wait until they are 45 years old to start using the tests to screen for breast cancer. New guidelines from the American Cancer […]
U.S. breast cancer cases to increase 50 percent by 2030: NCI report
April 22, 2015 by Lisa Chamoff , DOTmed contributing reporter The number of breast cancer cases in the U.S. will be 50 percent higher in 2030 than it was in 2011, with an estimated 441,000 cases in 15 years, according to new research by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The research, presented this week at […]
From the ED: Breast Cancer Mammograms: Overrated – and Over-diagnosing Women
Posted on June 23, 2014 by Caitlin C. Posted at: Breast Cancer Action Editor’s Note: You may have seen Karuna’s article back in April of this year when it was published in The Guardian. The piece generated a lot of discussion – over 1,000 people shared it on their Facebook page and over 150 people […]
Minnesota and Rhode Island enact breast density laws
May 27, 2014 by Loren Bonner , DOTmed News Online Editor This week, Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed Rhode Island’s breast density inform bill into law, and late last week, Gov. Mark Dayton did the same for Minnesota women. Breast density laws require physicians to inform women if they have dense breasts along with the possible […]
Mammography controversy needs greater participation to inform decisions
Wednesday 7 May 2014 – 2am PST Doctors at the World Congress on the Menopause in Cancun, Mexico, have called for any decision to participate in mammography to be a based on an informed choice and consideration of all factors, rather than just be an automatic process. A major session at the World Congress on […]
Abolishing Mammography Screening Programs? A View from the Swiss Medical Board
Nikola Biller-Andorno, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Jüni, M.D. April 16, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1401875 In January 2013, the Swiss Medical Board, an independent health technology assessment initiative under the auspices of the Conference of Health Ministers of the Swiss Cantons, the Swiss Medical Association, and the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, was mandated to prepare a review […]
More Doubts About Mammograms’ Value Are Raised in Large Study
By Melinda Beck Updated April 1, 2014 Article from The Wall Street Journal Nearly 20% of breast cancers diagnosed by mammogram would never cause problems if left alone, according to a new report. Melinda Beck and the study’s lead author Dr. Nancy Keating join the News Hub. Photo: AP. A large study published Tuesday adds […]
Special report: The end of traditional mammography?
July 19, 2013 by Carol Ko , Staff Writer This first appeared in the July 2013 issue of DOTmed Business News It’s no secret that getting a mammogram is a nerve-wracking experience for many women. Although some studies suggest women at higher risk for breast cancer are more likely to get regular screens, others show […]
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 […]
NYTimes.com – Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer
By PEGGY ORENSTEIN Published: April 25, 2013 NYtimes.com So when the radiologist found an odd, bicycle-spoke-like pattern on the film — not even a lump — and sent me for a biopsy, I wasn’t worried. After all, who got breast cancer at 35? It turns out I did. Recalling the fear, confusion, anger and grief […]
The Benefits and Harms of Breast Cancer Screening: An Independent Review
The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 30 October 2012 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61611-0Cite or Link Using DOI The benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: an independent review Original Text Independent UK Panel on Breast Cancer Screening† Summary Whether breast cancer screening does more harm than good has been debated extensively. The main questions are how large the benefit […]
Breast Cancer Screening Causes More Damage than Previously Thought
Around 4,000 women have unnecessary treatment for a disease that will never threaten their health, though tests should continue Sarah Boseley, health editor The Guardian, Monday 29 October 2012 Around 1,300 lives are saved by mammography, but many women have unnecessary breast cancer treatment. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA Breast cancer screening causes more harm than has […]
California Bill Aimed at Breast Cancer Worries Docs
By SHEILA V KUMAR – Associated Press | AP – Fri, Sep 16, 2011 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It took seven years of annual mammograms and a cancer diagnosis for Amy Colton to learn something her doctors had realized from the beginning: Her breast tissue is so dense that it could have masked tumors on […]
NHS Breast Screen Program Does Not Give Women Informed Choice, It Misinforms The Public, UK
Academic Journal Main Category: Breast Cancer Article Date: 04 Sep 2011 – 9:00 PDT Peter C Gøtzsche and Karsten Juhl Jørgensen of the Nordic Cochrane Centre urge for “more honesty” from the NHS BSP (Breast Screening Programme). They believe that harm has been understated, and that information issued to the public has in general been […]