{"id":2475,"date":"2009-11-17T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/mammograms-get-a-screening-or-just-skip-it.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:05:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:05:46","slug":"mammograms-get-a-screening-or-just-skip-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2475","title":{"rendered":"Mammograms: Get a Screening, or Just Skip It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here we go again. Another study raises questions about the benefits of mammograms<\/a>, and another set of confusing statements issue forth from experts.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Mayo Clinic, via Associated Press<\/div>\n

A tumor detected by molecular breast imaging, right, was not found in a mammogram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last month, Dr. Otis Brawley, the American Cancer Society\u2019s chief medical officer, told The New York Times<\/a> that the medical profession had exaggerated the benefits of cancer<\/a>screening, and that if a woman refused mammography, \u201cI would not think badly of her, but I would like her to get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, the cancer society issued a statement<\/a> saying women over 40 should keep having mammograms every year, because seven studies have shown that the test decreases the risk of death from breast cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the statement also said mammography can \u201cmiss cancers that need treatment, and in some cases finds disease that does not need treatment.\u201d In other words, the test may lead to some women being treated, and being exposed to serious side effects, for cancers that would not have killed them. Some researchers estimate that as many as one-third of cancers picked up by screening would not be fatal even if left untreated. But right now, nobody knows which ones.<\/p>\n

So what are women supposed to do?<\/p>\n

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