Highlights: – Annual screening in women aged 40-59 does not reduce mortality from breast cancer beyond that of physical examination – .Canada decided to compare breast cancer incidence and mortality up to 25 years in over 89,000 women aged 40-59… Read More ›
Mammography
Mammogram rate did not decline after controversial USPSTF recommendations
Contact: Tom Langford tlangford@partners.org 617-534-1605 Brigham and Women’s Hospital In 2009, the United States Preventative Services Task Force recommended against annual mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49 Boston – More than three years after the United… Read More ›
Harms from breast cancer screening outweigh benefits if death caused by treatment is included
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Cancer expert remains to be convinced by breast screening review Harms from breast cancer screening outweigh benefits if death caused by treatment is included Michael Baum, Professor emeritus of surgery at University… Read More ›
Breast cancer screening saves lives, says study??? that screening only narrowly decreased risks that a 50-year-old woman would die from breast cancer within 10 years — from 0.53 percent to 0.46 percent.
Engineering Evil Note: There seems to be conflicting studies being utilized to favor screening. I found this report stating that they used no current data for the meta analysis. The data they claimed to have used here was over 20… Read More ›
137th Health Research Report 07 SEP 2008
Full Report at www.healthresearchreport.me Editors Top Five: 1. Study Finds How BPA Affects Gene Expression, Anxiety; Soy Mitigates Effects 2. Vitamin B3 may offer new tool in fight against ‘superbugs’ 3. Johns Hopkins team finds ICU misdiagnoses may account for… Read More ›
High rate of false-positives with annual mammogram
During a decade of receiving mammograms, more than half of cancer-free women will be among those summoned back for more testing because of false-positive results, and about one in 12 will be referred for a biopsy. Simply shifting screening to… Read More ›
US cancer body oversells mammograms: experts
2 Aug 2012 Medical experts on Friday accused a major US breast cancer foundation known for its high-profile “pink ribbon” campaign of overselling pre-emptive mammography and understating the risks. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation uses misleading statistics… Read More ›
New study supports claim that breast screening may be causing more harm than good
Requested Repost from Dec 2011 Research: Possible net harms of breast cancer screening: Updated modelling of Forrest report A new study published on bmj.com today supports the claim that the introduction of breast cancer screening in the UK may have… Read More ›
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