How to Balance the Risks and Benefits of Mammograms
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Fact boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format. When it comes to cancer screening, doctors “have…
Fact boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format. When it comes to cancer screening, doctors “have…
The mammogram paradox is that women who are harmed the most, are the ones who claim the greatest benefit. While false-positive…
What is the risk-benefit ratio of the cancers picked up by mammograms and the cancers caused by mammograms? Over the last few…
For every life saved by mammography, as many as two to ten women are overdiagnosed and unnecessarily turned into breast cancer…
During my training to become a primary care physician, the importance of preventive cancer screening was ingrained in me. The…
The…
Why are some women getting mammograms more frequently than recommended?Mammograms are deservedly hailed as an integral part of…
Ironically, my Viewpoint on public health and screening mammography appears in JAMA the day after I turned 40. Written with…
1. Task Force Publishes Final Recommendations on Screening for Breast…
When do women get the most benefit from mammograms to find breast cancer? …
Mammograms should start at age 50 and be performed every two years until age 74, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says.
When I resigned from the staff of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to return to academia, I said that one of my reasons…