Survey says: Breast density laws really do work
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Rads conflicted about additional dense breast imagingComments:
10/2/2018 8:03:36 PMRogerL
WORK does not seem to mean finding more cancers
10/3/2018 3:49:47 AMDr.Sardonicus
Quote from In fact, density laws often prompt women to consider supplemental screening such as breast ultrasound, wrote a team led by Nancy Cappello, PhD, founder of the advocacy group Are You Dense in Woodbury, CT. And.......screening breast ultrasound leads to a LOT of false positives and negative biopsies. A LOT. Where's the benefit in that? Quote from Women from states with density reporting laws were more likely to report that their provider talked to them about supplemental screening (67%), compared with women from states without such laws (53%). My observation is that most PC's know virtually nothing about breast supplemental screening. And as you point out - 1) any increase in cancer diagnoses and 2) and lives actually saved? pretty damn weak "research". If I reviewed it, I would call it not publishable.
10/3/2018 6:52:09 AMrayZor
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