Health officials who have been congratulating their extensive mammogram screening programmes as the reason for the sudden drop in breast cancer deaths need to think again. ...
Thirty five years of randomised trials of mammography have failed to confirm the efficacy of mammograms as a screening tool. ...
If mammography is far from being an exact science, the interpretation of the x-rays by radiologists is more an amateur art form. ...
High quality mammograms are often misread and misinterpreted even by very experienced radiologists, according to research by Yale University School of Medicine (JAMA, 26 May 1993). ...
In October 1991 my doctor sent me hospital for a mammogram. (I am 57.) ...
American doctors who routinely give mammograms to women under 50 are needlessly exposing them to radiation and inaccurate diagnoses, charge two leading British cancer specialists. ...
Many women are afraid of their first mammogram but there is no need to worry. By doing the following exercises, you will be totally prepared and, best of all, you can do these simple exercises in ...
Mammograms are no longer recommended in New Zealand for women under the age of 50. ...
Do women under the age of 50 benefit from mammogram screening? Latest findings from the Swedish study - involving nearly 250,000 women - suggests not,
Mammogram screening programmes should be abandoned because of the unnecessary harm they cause and the cost of them, senior medical researchers have recommended. ...