>Study finds mammograms lead to unneeded treatment
Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never...
View ArticleStudy finds mammograms lead to unneeded treatment
Up to one-third of breast cancers, or 50,000 to 70,000 cases a year, don't need treatment, the study suggests. It's the most detailed look yet at overtreatment of breast cancer, and it adds fresh...
View ArticleMammograms lead to breast cancer overdiagnosis
Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never...
View ArticleEarly Breast Cancer Screens Shown to Have Limited Benefit
The number of early breast tumors detected by mammogram hasn’t led to a corresponding reduction of advanced cancer, findings that suggest increased screening has led to over diagnosis, researchers...
View ArticleStudy reignites controversy over mammograms
* 1.3 million US women have been overdiagnosed with breast cancer * Suggests benefits of mammograms may be oversold By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - As many as a third of cancers...
View ArticleMammogram study shows some women having unnecessary surgery for breast tumors
Related topics breast cancermammogramsCancer screeningbreast cancer survivor Advertisement A new study shows nearly 70,000 American women a year are treated unnecessarily for breast cancer because...
View ArticleMany women receiving unnecessary breast cancer treatment, study shows
Up to 70,000 American women a year are treated unnecessarily for breast cancer because they were screened with mammograms, according to an analysis in today's New England Journal of Medicine that's...
View ArticleStudy questions value of mammography screening
About a third of all tumors discovered in routine mammography screenings are unlikely to result in illness, according to a new study that says 30 years of the breast cancer exams have resulted in the...
View ArticleMy doctor told me to get a routine mammogram. Here’s why I won’t
A few days after my 40th birthday, I had a routine appointment with my gynecologist. As she turned to leave the exam room, she handed me a slip of paper without saying a word. It was a prescription...
View ArticleWhy I said no to a mammogram
OPINION: A few days after my 40th birthday, I had a routine appointment with my gynaecologist. As she turned to leave the exam room, she handed me a slip of paper without saying a word. It was a...
View Article1.3 million overdiagnosed for breast cancer in US: study
More than a million US women have received unnecessary and invasive cancer treatments over the last 30 years, thanks to routine mammograms that detected harmless tumors, scientists said Thursday. The...
View ArticleScreening found to be surprisingly ineffective
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View Article‘It’s not just life or death’: Debate continues over controversial breast...
FORT WORTH — With no family history of breast cancer and no concerning lumps, Pam Eckroat wasn’t too worried about receiving bad news at her annual screening mammogram earlier this year. Eckroat, 62,...
View ArticleIn DFW, debate continues over breast cancer study
FORT WORTH — With no family history of breast cancer and no concerning lumps, Pam Eckroat wasn’t too worried about receiving bad news at her annual screening mammogram earlier this year. Eckroat, 62,...
View ArticleShould All Women Over 40 Get Annual Mammograms?
It's one of the leading causes of death among women. But how often should we check for it? Insights from The Experts Read more at WSJ.com/HealthReport. Should States Opt Out of the Health Law's...
View ArticleStudy suggests breast cancer is being significantly overdiagnosed (Video)
Related topics breast cancermammographyoverdiagnosis Advertisement Mayo Clinic writes that breast cancer is cancer that forms in the cells of the breasts. After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most...
View ArticleMammograms In 3-D May Be Better, But Hard Proof Is Missing
A newer form of mammogram may do a better job of finding cancer, a study finds. But the technology is still too untested to know if it's going to be useful for most women, or even to know for sure...
View ArticleCancer Survivor or Victim of Overdiagnosis?
Hanover, N.H. Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. FOR decades women have been told that one of the...
View ArticleWhen a Mammogram Is Riskier Than Cancer
Overdiagnosis, or the identification of cancers that would not have become evident in the patient’s lifetime, represents one of the most significant harms of screening. Yet until recently overdiagnosis...
View ArticleStudy questions benefit of yearly mammograms
November 21, 2012 -- Updated 2208 GMT (0608 HKT) Editor's note: The Empowered Patient is a regular feature from CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen that helps put you in the driver's seat...
View ArticleNew 3-D mammograms have benefits, risks
Women are used to making complex choices about mammograms. Should they start at age 40 or 50? Should they be screened annually or every other year? Digital or traditional film? Now, a growing number of...
View ArticleMammograms lead to overtreatment, do little to curb late-stage breast...
Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never...
View ArticleIs breast cancer overdiagnosed?
For decades it mostly went unquestioned: Women without symptoms were advised to undergo routine mammograms to assure they were cancer-free, with the idea that detection of early-stage breast cancer...
View ArticleStudy finds mammograms can lead to unneeded treatment
Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a major U.S. study finds . At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that...
View ArticleCan There Be Too Much Breast-Cancer Treatment?
Every few months, another study reports that many breast cancers are being "overdiagnosed"—that is, detected and treated even though they would never cause problems if they were left alone. In one...
View ArticleWhy I won’t get a mammogram
Washington - A few days after my 40th birthday, I had a routine appointment with my gynaecologist. As she turned to leave the exam room, she handed me a slip of paper without saying a word. It was a...
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