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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest issue is the number of women treated with toxic drugs, surgery and radiation due to fear of lawsuits (and for the woman, fear of death).

In addition, mammography has such a high sue-rate that doctors add more tests to protect themselves. And who can blame them?

It's such a double-edged sword.[/quote]
I just stay away from the scam.[/quote]

I have posted skepticism of mammograms (though I also pointed out that breast MRIs are an excellent tool for women with dense breasts) but I can't abide the conspiracy theories here. The toxic drugs, surgery and radiation saved my life when I was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer. The treatments suck but for most women they work and they're the best we have. And the only reason we have them at all is because of the breast cancer movement started in the 1970s by WOMEN themselves who were sick of the fact that there were no effective treatments available, just, essentially, the luck of the drawer.[/quote]

No problem with truly sick women receiving treatment. 20% of women are being treated for DCIS that don't need that treatment. That flags a research area - as in needs more[/quote]

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