A Breast Cancer awareness campaign by the research advocacy group Susan G. Komen for the Cure overstated the benefit that mammograms have on survival rates of women with breast cancer, researchers say in a new editorial. read more..
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| A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Ned Calonge knows firsthand how hard it is to tell Americans they'd be better off with fewer routine medical tests. A long-time family doctor in Colorado, Calonge presided over the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an influential government-backed panel of health experts, when it said that most women under 50 could skip their regular mammograms. The recommendation two years ago challenged the conviction of many breast cancer patients that they survived precisely because they were screened early. ... read more..
