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Exchanging ‘Mammography’ Screening with ‘Breast Cancer’ Screening: No Refunds or Returns for Advanced Disease
As I say good-bye to another Christmas season and head to the mall and my local post office to exchange a gift with one that fits or is more apropos to my personal needs, I am reminded of my more than a decade-old desire to exchange the term ‘mammography’ screening with ‘breast cancer’ screening – after all we do not screen for mammography but screen for breast cancer. I want a breast cancer screening program that is personalized based on the unique risks and personal preferences of women who choose to participate in screening. Without a shift to a personalized breast cancer screening program, participation rates in mammography screening may further decline.
In the last decade,…
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Bogus breast cancer tests are putting women’s lives in danger
The best way to screen for breast cancer is a mammogram, but some companies have been trying to convince American women otherwise.
CDC Eyes Review of Gynecological Cancer Screens
Recent research has called for better screening to detect cancer before gynecological procedures.
Many Breast Cancer Patients Don’t Get Recommended Follow-Up, Study Finds
Practices vary widely, with some women not getting recommended mammograms while others undergo unnecessary scans.
Should Doctors Screen Women of Color for Breast Cancer Even Earlier?
Researchers say current screening guidelines don’t take into account racial differences in when breast cancer develops or how aggressive it is.
The Downside of Breast Cancer Screening
A 17-year study has concluded that screening mammography — in which all women in certain age groups are routinely screened for breast cancer — does not reduce the incidence of advanced tumors, but does increase the diagnosis of lesions that would never have led to health problems.
Time for Mammograms to Be a Thing of the Past?
A new study is merely the latest suggesting that mammograms may net more harm than good. With a new "breast-friendly" procedure in the works, perhaps now is the time to put the mammogram out to pasture.
Women, Listen to your body... It might save you!
Heart attack and ovarian cancer no longer need to be such aggressive killers of women. You know yourself better than anyone else. When your body produces warning symptoms, listen to it!
Pink October’s Predecessor
Before there was breast cancer awareness, there was tuberculosis advocacy. It was a lot more effective.
Cancer Screening: Life-Savers or Expensive Luxury?
Cancer screening has come under scrutiny as health care expenditures soar.
Here's new evidence that widespread breast cancer screening isn't effective
If mass mammography screening for breast cancer worked well, fewer women would die from the disease. And yet, a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found something that may seem counterintuitive: More breast cancer screening didn't actually save lives. Screening did however lead to more "overdiagnosis," detecting cancers that would not have been fatal or even harmful.
If You’re a Healthy Woman, There’s No Evidence You Need an Annual Pelvic Exam
In other words, treatment would be just as effective if women waited until they experienced a physical indication of a reproductive health problem before getting a pelvic exam...
The problem with Taylor Swift's advice about cancer screening
While she surely has the best intentions, Swift makes a common error of assumption here: that more is better when it comes to cancer screening.
Exchanging ‘Mammography’ Screening with ‘Breast Cancer’ Screening: No Refunds or Returns for Advanced Disease
I want a breast cancer screening program that is personalized based on the unique risks and personal preferences of women who choose to participate in screening. Without a shift to a personalized breast cancer screening program, participation rates in mammography screening may further decline.
Breast Cancer
This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on breast cancer screening.
Cervical Cancer
This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for cervical cancer.
Ovarian Cancer
The USPSTF recommends against screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women. This recommendation applies to asymptomatic women who are not known to have a high-risk hereditary cancer syndrome.
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