Mammography Debate: Even Physicians Can Get Emotional About Science
By AdminThe squabbling generated by recently revised mammography screening guidelines showed that in the great American health care reform debate, physicians like myself are not always above the fray. In fact, we can sometimes be the fray.
Consider the American College of Radiology’s official counterpoint, which began with the sensational headline: “USPSTF Mammography Recommendations Will Result in Countless Unnecessary Breast Cancer Deaths Each Year.”
Countless? No, in fact one of the clinical reviews that informed the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) new recommendations put up a very specific number of how many women would die of breast cancer under the new guidelines. In order to prevent one woman aged 40-49 from dying of breast cancer, 1,900 women would have to be screened for a ten-year period… more
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