DANGERS AND UNRELIABILITY OF MAMMOGRAPHY: BREAST EXAMINATION IS A SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE

Mammography screening is a profit-driven technology posing risks compounded by unreliability. In striking contrast, annual clinical breast examination (CBE) by a trained health professional, together with monthly breast self-examination (BSE), is safe, at least as effective, and low in cost. Interna...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of health services 2001-01, Vol.31 (3), p.605-615
Hauptverfasser:	Epstein, Samuel S., Bertell, Rosalie, Seaman, Barbara
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged American Cancer Society Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Breast Self-Examination - standards Conflict of Interest False Negative Reactions False Positive Reactions Female Health Health care Health services Humans Mammography Mammography - adverse effects Mammography - economics Mammography - standards Mass Screening - adverse effects Mass Screening - economics Mass Screening - methods Medicine Middle Aged National Institutes of Health (U.S.) Palpation Public health reliability Reproducibility of Results Risk Factors Safety Screening Selfexamination Technology U.S.A United States Women's Health
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