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Study Adds New Doubts About Value of Mammograms
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A study published in the January issue of the British Medical Journal shows almost identical results for death rates for two randomly assigned groups, one with women given a breast exam by trained nurses only and the other with women given a breast exam by trained nurses and a mammogram. 90,000 Canadian women were covered over 25 years in this detailed study.
New study published in the British Medical Journal on mammography and mammograms
02/11/2014
The study covers 90,000 women over 25 years with women randomly assigned to two groups one with breast exams only and the other with breast exams and mammograms. The death rate for the two groups was almost identical. About 1 in 424 women are treated for breast cancer when the test is incorrect. Some initial cancer signs also turn out to be benign such as in the milk duct.
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More mammograms are done the more cancer is suspected, with many women being treated when there was no cancer. Some lives are saved but the large number of women who begin treatment when they have no cancer shows the technology is still not there for effective screening without arousing fears that are not founded. Both studies confirm this from decades of data of women taking mammograms.
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