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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something like 50% of women under 50 or mid 50s get called back. It's really horrible. In fact, some reputable experts advise less frequent screening mammograms in healthy women with no family history or other risk factors because of that.[/quote]

But the majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history.[/quote]

Yup. They only find genetic links in about 10%.

Speaking here as a 34yo, zero family history, yet diagnosed with triple positive invasive ductal carcinoma a year ago. Fortunately it was in a spot where I could feel the lump, and my doctors took it seriously. If it was found at age 40 I'd probably be dead or stage 4. If it had grown just another 4mm or gone to my lymph nodes I would have gone through much harsher chemo than I ended up needing. he whining from some persistent posters on here about "unnecessary scares" on mammogram callbacks has gotten really grating. [b]What a privileged position.[/b] You got to go back to your life after a few days of worry. You're LUCKY. May you never know the other side, because it looks very different from here.[/quote]

You have no idea what motivates other people's positions and no idea why something that sounds like a minor annoyance to you might be a major disruption for someone else. [/quote]

No. Stop whining and count your blessings.[/quote]

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