What Doctors Don't Tell YouI have lumpy breasts, but I am loathe to have a mammogram because of doubts about its safety and accuracy. My doctor has recommended that I go for a breast ultrasound scan. What's your view? I'm ...
Only one in 14 women with a positive mammography result indicating breast cancer will actually have the condition, researchers have discovered. This means that many women are going through needles ...
Q:I am 47. My doctor is pressing me to have mammograms every other year. What evidence is there that it can help prevent cancer? M S, Hitchin. ...
Early in May, in a landmark decision, the British courts struck a blow for patient rights. The Court of Appeal held in favour of Ms S, a woman who had been forcibly given a caesarean section agai ...
Make sure your doctor knows that just because you don't want a mammogram, it doesn't mean you don't want your breasts checked. You can tell your doctor you want a physical examination and to be ta ...
I recently had a run-in with my local hospital when they insisted that I have a mammogram before they would scan the cysts in my breasts or aspirate them, or do anything else.
Annual mammograms do not reduce breast cancer deaths, say Canadian researchers. ...
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Treating women who have had a false positive mammography screening (detecting cancer where there is none) is a third of the cost of providing screening for all women, Swedish researchers have disc ...
While doctors consider stepping up breast cancer screening, new data has revealed a regularly screened woman who develops cancer is no better off than a victim who had never had a mammogram. ...
