Mammograms…Are they worth it? Do mammograms cause cancer?
Is mammography the only way to find potential signs of breast cancer? Is there an “alternative” to mammography screening? What does science say about the risks and “benefits” of mammograms?
Get the science and the science-based answers to these questions!
Resources / References:
Questions: The Truth About COVID Testing
https://www.facebook.com/randy.hillier/videos/277905643193897/
Annual Mammograms Don’t Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths, Study Contends
Breast cancer mortality in neighbouring European countries with different levels of screening but similar access to treatment: trend analysis of WHO mortality database
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21798968
Breast Cancer Screening (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version
https://www.cancer.gov/types/breast/hp/breast-screening-pdq#cit/section_1.17
Screening for breast cancer with mammography
https://www.cochrane.org/CD001877/BREASTCA_screening-for-breast-cancer-with-mammography
Abolishing Mammography Screening Programs? A View from the Swiss Medical Board
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1401875
Breast cancer mortality in organised mammography screening in Denmark: comparative study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20332505
Breast Cancer Screening, Incidence, and Mortality Across US Counties
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2363025
Dangers and unreliability of mammography: breast examination is a safe, effective, and practical alternative.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11562008
The Natural History of Invasive Breast Cancers Detected by Screening Mammography
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19029493
Breast cancer mortality in neighbouring European countries with different levels of screening but similar access to treatment: trend analysis of WHO mortality database
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21798968
EARLY CANCER DETECTION FIZZLES AGAIN
https://www.newsweek.com/early-cancer-detection-fizzles-again-76123
Possible net harms of breast cancer screening: updated modelling of Forrest report
https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7627
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment in cancer: an opportunity for improvement.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23896967
Breast Cancer Screening: How Komen Oversold the Benefits of Mammography
Crunching Numbers: What Cancer Screening Statistics Really Tell Us
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/screening/research/what-screening-statistics-mean