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“The Canadian Screening Study Ignites A New Round In The Mammography Wars,” by David Gorski, Science-Based Medicine. The Twenty five year follow-up for breast cancer incidence and mortality of the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS), a randomized screening trial, found that mammograms didn’t reduce breast cancer mortality compared to routine care. Gorski gives background . . . → Read More: The Canadian National Breast Screening Study Ignites A New Round In The Mammography Wars
“Misfearing Breast Cancer: More evidence that routine mammograms make healthy people sick.” by Christie Aschwanden, Slate. What’s the No. 1 killer of women? It’s a question that practitioners asked every new patient at a clinic where physician Lisa Rosenbaum once worked, and she hasn’t forgotten the answer given to her by one middle-aged woman with . . . → Read More: Misfearing Breast Cancer
“Why I Never Got a Mammogram”, by Marie Myung-Ol Lee, The New York Times. I HAVE never had a mammogram. I’m almost 50 — nearly a decade into the age when the screening is recommended by the American Cancer Society. I’m college educated, adequately insured. And I am the bane of my . . . → Read More: Why I Never Got a Mammogram
“Vast Study Casts Doubts on Value of Mammograms.” By Gina Kolata, The New York Times. One of the largest and most meticulous studies of mammography ever done, involving 90,000 women and lasting a quarter-century, has added powerful new doubts about the value of the screening test for women of any age. It found that the . . . → Read More: Vast Study Casts Doubts on Value of Mammograms
“No Easy Answers,” by Christie Aschwanden, Protomag.com. A ductal carcinoma in situ diagnosis can spur premature action // Should it be called cancer? // A new name might mean a different approach // Because what if it’s nothing? The name given to a certain breast condition—ductal carcinoma in situ—contains a word almost everyone finds terrifying: . . . → Read More: DCIS, No Easy Answers
“Triumph of Ambivalence.” By Jamie Halloway, Arlington Magazine. Breast cancer didn’t beat me. But the term survivor just doesn’t feel right. In June 1999, a new bride, I moved to Arlington to attend graduate school at Georgetown University. My husband was starting a postdoctoral fellowship at the FDA, and I had chosen the . . . → Read More: Triumph of Ambivalence
“When Cancer Put Me Under Suspicion.” By Claire Peeps, ZÓCALO PUBLIC SQUARE. I Didn’t Realize Illness Would Threaten My Credibility. Running 26 Miles Helped. In late 2006, I underwent a clean, routine mammogram. Six weeks later, I found a small lump in my left breast. Two weeks and two surgeries after that, on January 23, . . . → Read More: When Cancer Put Me Under Suspicion
“We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer.” By Rita Redberg and Rebecca Smith-Bindman, The New York Times. DESPITE great strides in prevention and treatment, cancer rates remain stubbornly high and may soon surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States. Increasingly, we and many other experts believe that an . . . → Read More: We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer
“Fighting Income Inequality Should Be Top Nonprofit Priority.” By Mark Rosenman, The Chronicle of Philanthropy. In the long-overdue battle to stem America’s growing economic inequality, too many nonprofits are either missing from action or part of the problem. While charities and foundations do much to help those in poverty, some groups actually perpetuate it through . . . → Read More: Fighting Income Inequality Should Be Top Nonprofit Priority
“Cancer in the Age of Social Media.” By Anas Younes, MD, Cancer.net. Anas Younes, MD, is the Chief of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Lymphoma Service in the Division of Hematologic Oncology, Department of Medicine. He is also very active on social media (@DrAnasYounes). In this post, he explores the issues raised by the recent debate over columns . . . → Read More: Cancer in the Age of Social Media |
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