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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (836130)	2/12/2015 1:34:45 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575612

>> Personally, it's hard for me to imagine getting a mammogram "too early." "For mammograms however, some confusion may arise from the controversial recommendations, which have changed over time. The USPSTF used to recommend screening for women over age 40, but changed its guidelines in 2009. It now recommends mammograms every two years for women ages 50 to 74. Studies showed screening women in their 40s rarely saved lives, and resulted in many false positives." livescience.com The claim has been made that like prostate cancer, sometimes breast cancers are detected at a point where they are so small and insignificant they aren't likely to post a threat. So, suddenly, coincidentally, in 2009, it was decided that "early detection" isn't really the great thing we'd heard for decades, and that now it is the source of unnecessary biopsies and removal. I'd like for someone to try to tell that to any woman who has had breast cancer. Or for that matter, to my wife, who hasn't.