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PJ Hamel

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posted 09/03/2008, comments (2)

MBI - Latest Screening Technology: A Better Tool For Dense Breasts?

Coming soon to a hospital near you: the MBI, a great new screening tool that might someday replace the mammogram. Wait a minute—hasn’t MBI, or molecular breast imaging, been around for awhile? Isn’t it known mainly for its slew of false positives, its inconvenience, and its expense?Have We Already Heard about... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/17/2008, comment (1)

When You Don't Know Which Breast Cancer Expert To Believe... Believe Yourself

No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths Thus read the headline in yesterday’s Washington Post. Yet another study, this one by the Nordic Cochrane Center (an independent research and information center in Denmark) confirms a 2003 study of breast self-exams and their relation to breast cancer deaths. Bottom line:... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/11/2008, comments (0)

A Video Message from Cancer Vixen: Why Free Mammograms Matter So Much!!!

I'm back and I'm vlogging LIVE today from St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City, where the CANCER VIXEN FUNd is sponsoring a free mammogram screening event for uninsured women. As we speak, the third free mammogram of the day is going on in a mammography suite close by. We're in this side office shooting a VIDEO... Read more Chevron

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