We were thin once
Cat is Whiskers
Confused about mammography?
Sure you are. Most everybody who
cares a fig about it must be a little confused.
Not only do guidelines/recommendations change every few years, but the
latest “revisions” to come out, from two noteworthy organizations, do not
agree. The organizations are ACS
(American Cancer Society) and USPSTF (our old friend the United States Preventative
Services Task Force.) Their recommendations
are not radically different, but they do not agree on everything. Two things they do agree on, however, are:
(1) Mammography saves lives; (2) You don’t need quite so much of it. They also seem to agree that the individual
woman should make up her own mind. Here
is the article that inspired this:
All women should read this, then decide.
Personally, if I were female I would say “To hell with false
positives” & get checked frequently.
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