Choosing Sides On Mammography
In the controversy over mammography as a screening tool for breast cancer, UAB radiologist Eva Rubin, M.D., stands firmly on the side of the mammogram. A board member of the American Society for Breast Disease, she says recent anti-mammogram literature grossly overestimates the 10-year risk of having a false positive. "One article did not actually track women for 10 years, but simply estimated from the initial rate of false positives what the rate would be at 10 years." In fact, she says, the most likely mammogram to cause concern in a screening setting is the first one, since there is nothing to compare it to. "As more mammograms are performed, the likelihood decreases of calling something positive that isn't."
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