Thursday, November 19, 2009
A screening change based on evidence
I know, the news of the last two days has been alarming, confusing, contradictory-----oh, you haven't been listening to the news? Well, new recommendations are out regarding mammograms (the only better timing would have been if they had released this last month durng breast cancer awareness month!). There will likely be a flood of articles out (I'm 51, due for my next mammogram in January 2010----and I'm not even going to pester Dr. Carr with the quesiton until the first of the year---I bet his email is flooded right now with inquiries)--but this one from the NewsandObserver.com caught my eye---it's an opinion piece written by a female Duke University oncologist.
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Thanks so much for posting this link. What is bugging me so much since this news broke is that the discussion has been so dominated about politics -- and what this means for a national health plan, etc. What's being lost is the actual science -- is it good or bad? Glad to read what this OB had to say. Here's another good reaction piece from Dr. Dixie Mills, a breast health specialist at Women to Women -- again, no politics involved, just a realistic look at mammography. What — no annual mammogram screening? New recommendations for women
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