Mammography - More Problems

False Positive Rate High
The false positive rate of mammograms, those patients without cancer but with a positive finding on testing, turns out to be another problem. Only one biopsy in six was found to be positive for cancer when done on the basis of a positive mammogram or breast examination. The combined false positive rate was determined to be as high as 89 percent. Identifying and performing biopsies on these clinically insignificant lesions represents over-diagnosis and over-treatment. Further, the physical and psychological stress associated with mammogram findings is not a small concern nor are the additional costs.

Too Many Mammograms Performed?
Recent data from the University of Washington and Harvard University reveals that over a period of a single decade, one out of every two women will have a false positive result as the result of mammography, and of those, nearly 20 percent will undergo an unnecessary breast biopsy. Contrary to what many health-related agencies advise, recent findings seem to demonstrate that too many rather than too few mammograms are performed every year in the United States. Further, estimates show that for every $100 spent on the cost of mammograms, $33 goes to the unproductive and unnecessary expense of false positive results.
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CTM COMMENT: Whilst the above report contains a good deal of factual information on the pitfalls of conventional breast cancer diagnosis, the reader will soon become aware that the author of the report has little idea on the benefits of nutrition in the fight against cancer. That a conventionally-trained doctor can highlight such weaknesses in the conventional system is only half the battle. The more difficult element in the real cancer war is awakening the cancer doctor to the fact that almost all of his teaching on cancer has been thinly-veiled pharmaceutical propaganda and that positive solutions to cancer treatment are found in natural, non-toxic, nutritional protocols.

A special section on mammograms, their dangers and the safe alternatives, will be contained in the next issue. For more information now, please see the following resources.

Further Resources:
Great News on Cancer in the 21st Century by Steven Ransom
Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth by Phillip Day

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