The Pros & Cons of Mammograms
Fact Boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format.
All Videos for Breast Cancer
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Why Patients Aren’t Informed About Mammograms
If doctors don’t understand health statistics how can they possibly counsel patients properly?
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Why Mammograms Don’t Appear to Save Lives
“Early” detection is actually really late. Without mammograms, breast cancer may not be caught for an average of 22.8 years, but with mammograms, breast cancer may only grow and spread for 21.4 years.
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Breast Cancer & the 5-Year Survival Rate Myth
Watching this video, you’ll know more than an estimated 97% of doctors about a critical concept called lead-time bias.
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Women Deserve to Know the Truth About Mammograms
What do 9 in 10 women say they were never told about mammograms, even though they thought they had the right to know?
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Overtreatment of Stage 0 Breast Cancer DCIS
9 out of 10 women don’t realize that some breast cancers would never have caused any problems (or even become known in one’s lifetime). This is an issue ductal carcinoma in situ has brought to the fore.
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Understanding the Mammogram Paradox
The mammogram paradox is that women who are harmed the most are the ones who claim the greatest benefit.
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Can Mammogram Radiation Cause Breast Cancer?
What is the risk-benefit ratio of the cancers picked up by mammograms and the cancers caused by mammograms?
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Do Mammograms Hurt?
Excessive breast compression during mammography may not improve image quality and cause unnecessary pain.
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Consequences of False-Positive Mammogram Results
Odds are most women will get at least one false-positive mammogram, but thankfully most women who are called back for further testing of a suspicious mammogram finding do not end up having cancer after all.
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Do Mammograms Save Lives?
For every life saved by mammography, as many as 2 to 10 women are overdiagnosed, meaning turned into breast cancer patients unnecessarily, along with all the attendant harms of chemo, radiation, or surgery without the benefits.
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Should Women Get Mammograms Starting at Age 40?
Various health organizations offer clashing mammogram recommendations that range from annual mammograms starting at age 40 to eliminating routine mammograms altogether. Who should you trust?
