The trouble with mammograms

Friday, August 14, 2009 - 20:07 in Health & Medicine

The exams lead to overdiagnosis, causing women to go through treatment for breast cancers that wouldn't kill them. For years, breast cancer awareness campaigns have urged women over 40 to get a yearly mammogram. When women hesitate to comply, it's often to avoid the discomfort of having their breasts squeezed or the fear of getting called back for more tests, even if it...

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