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problems: - False-positive results - False-negative results "Mammograms are the best breast cancer screening tests we have at this time. But mammograms have
by pella 4y ago
problems:
- False-positive results
- False-negative results
"Mammograms are the best breast cancer screening tests we have at this time. But mammograms have their limits. For example, they aren’t 100% accurate in showing if a woman has breast cancer. They can miss some cancers, and sometimes they find things that turn out not to be cancer (but that still need further testing to be sure)."
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/screening-tests-and-early-detection/mammograms/limitations-of-mammograms.html https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/screening-tests-...
- selectodude 4y agoFurthermore the detection method used (x-rays) cause cancer in and of themselves.
- Buttons840 4y agohttps://xkcd.com/radiation/ https://xkcd.com/radiation/ lead me to believe that most x-rays only expose the person to a few days worth of background radiation. Is that accurate? And does it really matter?