25 YEAR STUDY FINDS MAMMOGRAPHY BREAST CANCER SCREENING USELESS
By Dr. Alexander Mostovoy on February 13, 2014
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The past 40 years, there hasn't been a more controversial test than mammography, and for many good reasons. The most recent Canadian Study based on 25 years of follow up for breast cancer incidence and mortality concluded that there is no benefit to breast cancer screening. Regular screening does not reduce mortality and can lead to over-diagnosis and over treatment. In other words -- routine mammography screening -- the holy grail of the cancer industry, causes more harm than good for millions of women.
According to BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), an international peer reviewed medical journal, "Early detection could be of greater benefit in communities where most cancers that present clinically are larger and a higher proportion are node positive. However, in technically advanced countries, our results support the views of some commentators that the rationale for screening by mammography should be urgently reassessed by policy makers."
