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    posted 11/18/2009, comments (0)

    Government Softens Task Force Recommendations

    The following is a press release, released Wednesday, from the Department of Health and Human Services. "HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued the following statement today on new breast cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: “There is no question that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force... Read moreChevron
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    posted 11/17/2009, comments (63)

    New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines: Why I (Reluctantly) Support Them

    I’m a woman whose life was saved by a mammogram.And yet, I find myself in the interesting position of supporting – reluctantly, unenthusiastically, but still supporting – new guidelines released yesterday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force regarding screening mammograms.Guidelines that, had I followed them 8 years ago,... Read moreChevron
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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 moreChevron
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    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 moreChevron
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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 moreChevron
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