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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Mammogram radiation is a known cause of cancer"?? Really?
I've never heard/read that the radiation in a mammogram has been proven to cause cancer.[/quote]

Have a statistician or mathematician look at the studies. My DH advised me to wait to get a mammogram and not listen to the doctors. His Mom died of breast cancer and, after looking at the numbers, he believes that aggressive use of mammograms may lead to more cancer than they prevent, if you don't have other risk factors. I've wondered if the recent announcement (last year or two) [b]upping the age to start mammograms again [/b]has anything to do with this. News articles weren't too specific. [/quote]

What is the suggested age? My Dr.s wanted me to go in right at 40 for a baseline and then I got a form letter with my results that I should schedule one every year if over 40. Are docs just ignoring the latest studies and still trying to make money? What is going on? 
*I don't even know what the latest studies say![/quote]

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