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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand that the "slam-o-gram" can burst a small tumor and make it spread. Isn't this why physicians don't do this in Europe? No financial profits.[/quote] In Europe, which is really several countries with several health systems, I believe it's a cost/benefit analysis. The insurers really look at efficacy and mammograms don't lower the death rate. They are unconcerned with it lowering your death rate. They won't approve a procedure across the whole population because it would save one life. When I lived there, they also no longer recommended self exam because it came up with too many false positives (even though it was free). I'm not sure if they have changed that line of thinking. [/quote] Does ANY country promote mammograms even half as heavily as we do?[/quote]
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