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It does allow many to be detected or ruled out and I believe that is all
wicked was talking about
Yep...what penny said.
Really with cancer we just wanna detect it as early as possible.
Earlier is so much better.
Quote: Much of what the test detects as cancer isn't cancer yet the medical business treats these non-cancers at an astronomical cost for really healthy women (maiming, death).
Contrary to the official narrative (which is based on medical business-fabricated pro-mammogram "scientific" data), there is marginal, if any, reliable evidence that mammography, both conventional and digital (3D), reduces mortality from breast cancer in a significant way in any age bracket but a lot of solid evidence shows the procedure does provide more serious harm than serious benefit (read the books: '
Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy' by Peter Gotzsche and '
The Mammogram Myth' by Rolf Hefti (author's summary at
The Actual Truth about Mammograms).
IF........ women (and men) at large were to examine the mammogram data above and beyond the information of the mammogram business cartel (eg American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, Komen), they'd also find that it is almost exclusively the big profiteers of the test, ie. the "experts," (eg radiologists, oncologists, medical trade associations, breast cancer "charities" etc) who promote the mass use of the test and that most pro-mammogram "research" is conducted by people with massive vested interests tied to the mammogram industry.
Most women are fooled by the misleading medical mantra that early detection by mammography saves lives simply because the public has been fed ("educated" or rather brainwashed) with a very one-sided biased pro-mammogram set of information circulated by the big business of mainstream medicine. The above mentioned two independent investigative works show that early detection does not mean that there is less breast cancer mortality.
Because of this one-sided promotion and marketing of the test by the medical business, women have been obstructed from making an "informed choice" about its benefits and risks which have been inaccurately depicted by the medical industry, favoring their business interests.
Operating and reasoning based on this false body of information is the reason why very few women understand, for example, that a lot of breast cancer survivors are victims of harm instead of receivers of benefit. Therefore, almost all breast cancer "survivors" and the general public blindly repeat the official medical hype and nonsense.
But that's too much truthful reality for most people to handle. So they go into denial mode (as if that changes anything about the truth)...
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Oh my goodness! I didn't intend to cause an issue with my offhanded comment. Penny and Alaskan are correct. My offhanded comment was a bit of silliness about a very serious subject that I know all too much about.
I appreciate your concerns. But I have no illusions about cancer. Nor do I need any institution to fear monger me into believing any hype. I come from a line of women who die from cancer. It was my choice to ask about a mammogram after my sister found something. I was pleased that my doctor considered my request, discussed his views with me and in the end sent a requisition for a mammography. Women here are not given a mammography until they turn 50. My family doesn't necessarily make it to 50. For me, it will not be a case of "if" I get it...it will be a case of "when." I practice due diligence; I don't smoke or drink and I get a yearly physical exam and blood workup. I'd rather be on guard and prepared, and have a base of tests that can be used for comparison if something does show up.
I have no illusions that detection isn't prevention. I'm very aware that detecting cancer early does not mean you will survive it. But catching it early rather than opposed to later gives an advantage that I'd rather have than not have. For every year I'm here, I very much consider that I've "outmaneuvered" cancer. It's that much more time I've had here. My mother passed away 18 years ago from an 8 year battle with cancer that continually moved. She was 39 when cancer showed up. I consider myself very fortunate to be here at 45. So I live everyday to the fullest and I prepare for the eventuality that I may be gone and I try to prepare the guys (although they don't know it) so things can continue smoothly if I leave. There are no guarantees in life, cancer or no cancer. My 9 lives are already long gone.
