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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG, so much misinformation. It is not true that most invasive breast cancers are fatal. Most are not, but certainly metastatic cancers are. Most women who get breast cancer do NOT have a family history -- myself included -- and you should not rely on that when making choices about screening unless its to increase your screening because you have a family history. Not having one does not mean you are safe. As for cancer being a scam, then what explains the funerals I've been to? Did those people so-called die?[/quote]

The screenings are useful only if the rate of false positives from the test are less than the number of true cancers caught. . I don't consider a 1/3 callback rate good screening. In addition, when you are diagnosed with cancer that might not be cancer, you are put into the cancer category and almost all women seek invasive treatment, which, in itself, is harmful.

End with the fact that when it's said mammograms drop the death rate, it really means potential death rates. Studies now show actual death rates have not dropped.

The breast density law - research published in 2012 shows the density itself isn't a risk factor. This is after years of being told the opposite.

This law will probably force a callback for me. I have dense breasts and because I am 53, they will assume I'm post menopausal. I'm not. I will not go for further testing unless there is something besides fear-mongering, ie you're clear but maybe not because we can't know. That's epic bullsh*t[/quote]

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