Dr. Terrell was
not a fan of mammograms, and it seems that a larger medical community may now agree with him. Recently,
The American Conservative posted an article stating,
"In a randomized controlled study (the gold standard of medical research), women who received regular mammograms were no less likely to die of breast cancer than those who went without. Although they received no additional protection, women who were screened paid an additional price. One in five of the cancers or abnormalities identified by mammography were ultimately harmless, but the women went through biopsies in order to be sure. Even worse, one out of every 424 women who were screened received treatment for a nonexistent cancer, enduring needless and debilitating radiation, chemotherapy, or surgery."
Read the rest of
The American Conservative article
here.
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