Ladies? Mammograms are the best way you can
stay safe from breast cancer right?
Last year, results from a 25-year follow-up of
two landmark studies tracking about 90,000 women concluded that mammography did
not reduce breast cancer deaths at all.
In fact a mammogram means you are at
least three times more likely to be diagnosed and treated for a cancer that
never would have harmed you rather than saving your life. But perhaps the most
infuriating thing is that scientific evidence for the harms of mammography has
been available—published in medicine's most highly regarded journals—for
decades.
Before you rush to that annual screening
please read this very informative article on the reality of mammograms and the very
real possibility of false positives and overdiagnosis.
