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One in three women with breast cancer detected by a mammogram are treated unnecessarily, according to a Danish study published recently in Annals of Internal Medicine, which has renewed debate over the value of early detection, in this report from … Continue reading
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With news yesterday of new breast cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society, Dr. Erika Hamilton, Associate Director of the Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Research Program at Sarah Cannon Research Institute, appeared on CNN to address the new … Continue reading
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The New York Times this morning reports that in a significant shift, one of the most respected and influential groups in the continuing breast-cancer screening debate now says that women should begin mammograms later and have them less frequently than … Continue reading
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Dr. Laura J. Esserman, a breast cancer surgeon at the University of California, San Francisco, is among the most vocal proponents of the idea that breast cancer screening brings with it overdiagnosis and overtreatment, in this report from the New … Continue reading
There’s no question mammograms can save lives by detecting breast cancer early. But they can also result in unnecessary testing and treatment that can be alarming and costly. In fact, each year the U.S. spends $4 billion on follow-up tests … Continue reading
Breast biopsies are good at telling the difference between healthy tissue and cancer, but less reliable for identifying more subtle abnormalities, a new study finds, in this report from the New York Times. Because of the uncertainty, women whose results … Continue reading
After a decades-long trend toward less invasive surgery, breast cancer patient interest in removing the unaffected breast through a procedure called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy [or C.P.M., as it’s known in the trade] is skyrocketing, as reported in this first person … Continue reading
A Canadian study published in February reignited the years-long debate over breast cancer screening methods, arguing fairly strongly against mammography, or the use of X-rays to detect tumors. The study’s authors say mammograms have no survival benefit relative to physical … Continue reading
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