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Unfortunately we treat lots of false positives, which leads to unnecessary chemotherapy and other treatments. These unnecessary treatments harm ones health so m
by Aulig 5y ago
Unfortunately we treat lots of false positives, which leads to unnecessary chemotherapy and other treatments. These unnecessary treatments harm ones health so much that no study could show an increase in life expectancy by doing regular mammograms.
- dontreact 5y agoNo one just treats a mammography or tomography positive without other follow up tests. It's not the standard of care. The next step is to get an ultrasound and then a biopsy.
- Johnny555 5y agoNo one receives chemotherapy from a screening mammogram alone, there are always further diagnostic tests before treatment. Though there are probably unneccessary biopsies. Screening mammograms do reduce breast cancer mortality: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33141657/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33141657/ Annual mammographic screening at the age of 40-49 years resulted in a relative reduction in mortality, which was attenuated after 10 years. It is likely that digital mammography with two views at all screens, as practised now, could improve this further. There was no evidence of overdiagnosis in addition to that which already results from the National Programme carried out at later ages.