My two cents…
On the mammogram debate…
Again just my opinion and call me a cynic but what I have yet to hear is anyone demanding for a better screening tool. Obviously at these rates (From USA Today.com: Doctors would have to screen 1,904 women ages 39-49 for a decade to prevent one death, vs. 1,339 women 50-59 and 377 women 60-69, according to a study accompanying the recommendations in the Annals of Internal Medicine.), mammogram is not good at what it needs to do – detect cancer. And it would not have detected mine and it didn’t detect Ann’s so why isn’t anyone saying “let’s get a better test?”
I understand the MRI is a more sensitive test (and more likely to have false positives) but the expense and yearly exposure to radiation is not advised at the population level. So work on a better imaging test that can be used for screening of average risk patients.
Can someone help me off this soapbox?