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"Over the five-year study period, only one in three—33%—had gotten a mammogram every year, as recommended. Overall, healthy women are not as faithful to mammograms as health-care professionals would like. One study found that while three-quarters of women older than 40 say they regularly have a mammogram, less than two-thirds actually do. But, Dr. Chyke A. Doubeni, the study's lead author and an assistant professor of family medicine and community health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, thought that breast cancer survivors might be different." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"More likely, it has led to increasing hesitancy on the part of the mammography community to read a mammogram as negative, a hesitancy that is fueled by the fear of legal liability for false-negative readings ?but never for false-positive readings. The most prevalent Type I Medical Malpractice case in the United States seeks remedy for a false-negative reading of a mammogram. I am aware of one prominent senior mammographer who informed a sixty-year-old patient that he would feel compelled to recommend biopsies every year given the radiological appearance of her breast tissue." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Each year, thousands of women unnecessarily undergo mastectomies, radiation and chemotherapy after receiving false positives on a mammogram. • In July 1995, The Lancet wrote about mammograms, saying "The benefit is marginal, the harm caused is substantial, and the costs incurred are enormous ..." As published in October 2007 by The Cochrane Library and PubMed (October 2007), self-breast exams don't benefit mortality rates from breast cancer either." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Have a mammogram every year. (You should have been having mammograms every year after the age of forty, as recommended by the American Cancer Institute.) • All women should have a Pap smear every year to monitor HPV (human papilloma virus), which is associated with cervical cancer. During menopause, ask your doctor to take an HPV culture at the time of your Pap smear." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"I might add that the forceful mammogram procedure could also contribute to breast cancers in women with denser breast tissue by injuring it. Softer, fattier breast tissue can tolerate the potentially injurious mammography screening much better. Microwave Ovens Do you ever wonder what microwaves do to water, food, and your body? Russian researchers have found decreased nutritional value, cancer-making compounds, and brain-damaging radiolytics in virtually all microwave-prepared foods." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"What is most disturbing about this diagnostic method is the excessive compression of the breast that is required during a routine mammogram. To produce good pictures and to avoid being sued for missing a tumor, the technician squeezes the breast extra hard. Squeezing can rupture internal tissue, including tumor tissue. If there is a tumor in the breast, performing a mammogram can actually break apart cancerous cell masses, spill the deadly poisons they contain and cause the disease to develop in other organs." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Cancer is systemic, and if it has been in your body, or your breast tissues, long enough for a tumor to grow to a size noticeable on a mammogram, then you have already had cancer for at least a decade; you are in the late stages of cancer, and it is a systemic problem that cannot be reversed by surgery alone. Thus, mammograms mislead people into thinking that a tumor is, itself, cancer, and therefore the solution is to physically remove the tumor through surgery, and that is grossly misleading." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"The most prevalent Type I Medical Malpractice case in the United States seeks remedy for a false-negative reading of a mammogram. I am aware of one prominent senior mammographer who informed a sixty-year-old patient that he would feel compelled to recommend biopsies every year given the radiological appearance of her breast tissue. Rather than choose to eschew mammography, she chose bilateral simple mastectomies (no cancer was found). The false-positive rate escalated, so that by the 1990s over a third of women in screening programs had been faced with false-positive results." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Thus, mammograms are a giant patient recruiting tool that do nothing to actually prevent breast cancer, but do everything to enrich radiologists and oncologists. The mammogram is a seductive marketing tool, and that's really what it is: A marketing tool. It scares women into becoming patients of drug companies and surgeons, and that's how it mirrors the PSA test for men. You see, there are scare tactic marketing tools for both women and men in this category of health seduction, and yet women and men both think, "Hey, I'm a smart consumer. I'm doing the right thing." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.) "I'm preventing disease by getting this mammogram or this PSA test." That's what they've been told to believe, that's what they've been told to think, and, sadly, many Americans fall for it and think they are actually doing themselves good by getting these tests. Some celebrities are even out there pushing for mammograms, much to the gratification of the American Cancer Society, no doubt. You're a smart parent for keeping your child drugged False flattery is a very powerful mind hack." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"A 2007 study showed that there was no increase in mammogram density or endometrial biopsies after six months of use. Other studies using breast cancer cells (with estrogen-postive receptors) showed that there was no stimulation of the receptors. This study also showed that Tamoxifen (a drug used in women at risk for breast cancer or to prevent breast cancer recurrence) effects were increased, not decreased. A Japanese study indicates that black cohosh inhibits breast cancer cells. Black cohosh is available in tinctures, tablets, and capsules." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "I always recommend that women have a mammogram and bone density scan within a year of starting hormone support. A woman who is menopausal and not on hormone support will typically lose 3 percent of her bone mass each year. For this reason, I like to see where the bones are starting from to help advise about continuing therapies in the coming years." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Only a minority of women who have their breast cancers detected by a mammogram have their survival increased because of the earlier detection.57 The majority would have done just as well to find it later. I am not aiming to discourage women ages fifty to sixty-five from having mammograms; rather, my message is that this alone is insufficient. Mammograms, which do nothing to prevent breast cancer, are heavily publicized, while women hear nothing else about what they can do to prevent and protect themselves against breast cancer in the first place." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"One study found that while three-quarters of women older than 40 say they regularly have a mammogram, less than two-thirds actually do. But, Dr. Chyke A. Doubeni, the study's lead author and an assistant professor of family medicine and community health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, thought that breast cancer survivors might be different. "Some studies indicate that if you have a history of cancer, your awareness of your risk is much higher. So we would expect that most breast cancer survivors would get regular mammograms," he says." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Early one morning, Erica was visiting her doctor and was stunned to learn that the results of her second mammogram indicated the presence of an almost certain cancer. She sat for a moment in uncomprehending silence, looking at her doctor, hoping for him to throw some doubt on the diagnosis. "This can't be," she said. "Troy and I are leaving for the Bahamas in three days." "I'm sorry," said her doctor, "but you'll need to unpack those bags. We need to do a biopsy immediately." During the car ride home, Erica remembers sitting quietly in deep shock." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Do I need a mammogram? Another test that's the subject of a lot of recent controversy is the annual mammogram for women who are in their forties or fifties. There is a consensus that women after the age of fifty, and after menopause, should have an annual mammogram. Typically, routine screening mammograms are recommended only for postmenopausal women. Before that time, and before menopause, it's up for grabs. Some doctors and medical organizations say it should definitely be part of an annual checkup for women over forty; others are saying, "Don't bother." - Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D., Intelligent Medicine: A Guide to Optimizing Health and Preventing Illness for the Baby-Boomer Generation (Get the book.)

"The study also found that women with dense breasts were 18 times more likely to have a breast tumor detected within one year of a negative mammogram. Now, recent research conducted by the Princess Grace Hospital in London (U.K.) and presented to the Radiological Society of North America showed that women who live and work in cities have a significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who live in the country. To determine the reasons for this occurrence, researchers examined the breast tissue of 972 British women between the ages of 45 and 54." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Women age 40 and older should have an annual mammogram. The clinical breast exam should be conducted close to the scheduled mammogram. Special To screen for prostate cancer, we recommend both the prostateexams for specific antigen (PSA) blood test and the digital rectal men examination annually, beginning at age 40, especially for men in high-risk groups, such as those with a strong familial : predisposition and African Americans." - Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.)

"At Yale University School of Medicine, researchers tried a simple test to gauge the accuracy of radiologists in reading mammogram plates. The guinea pigs were ten board-certified radiologists— seven in private practice and three academics—all experienced doctors who had previously evaluated thousands of mammograms. They were given 150 mammogram plates, but were told nothing about the patient's medical history. Among the 150 mammograms were twenty-seven proven cases of cancer. Could the radiologists spot the malignancies? Not particularly well, it turned out." - Martin L. Cross, The Medical Racket (Get the book.) "Misreading of Mammograms One vital diagnostic tool is the mammogram, designed as an early screen to detect breast cancer. Once again, studies indicate the failure of physicians—in this case, radiologists—to perform as expected. At Yale University School of Medicine, researchers tried a simple test to gauge the accuracy of radiologists in reading mammogram plates. The guinea pigs were ten board-certified radiologists— seven in private practice and three academics—all experienced doctors who had previously evaluated thousands of mammograms." - Martin L. Cross, The Medical Racket (Get the book.)

"Of course, if a woman has lumps in her breasts or a family history of breast cancer, the mammogram is definitely called for well before menopause. Unfortunately, part of the problem with mammograms is that mammograms in premenopausal women are very hard to read. In a recent study of how radiologists read mammograms, the specialists agreed on the need for a biopsy in 7 percent of a group of women, but they didn't agree on which breast should undergo the biopsy! Some said it was the right breast; some said the left." - Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D., Intelligent Medicine: A Guide to Optimizing Health and Preventing Illness for the Baby-Boomer Generation (Get the book.)

"Spontaneous discharge from one duct—which may or may not look bloody—is the hallmark of an intraductal papilloma, a noncancerous The only way to determine if a breast change is benign or more serious is what's medically known as "the triple test": ¦ A clinical breast examination, which is one done by a health care professional ¦ Imaging—a mammogram or ultrasound ¦ A nonsurgical biopsy—a fine-needle aspiration and/or core biopsy If any one of the results is positive, then further evaluation is needed. And remember, not just lumps need to be checked out." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "In 2001, three months after her husband Ed's untimely death from a heart attack, she kept an appointment for a mammogram and a malignant growth was found. Jacqueline credits vigilance with saving her life. But her closest friend, Corinne, was not as fortunate. She and her doctors missed a subtle sign of ovarian cancer—abdominal bloating. Sad to say, Corinne died during the writing of this book. Joan and Jacqueline wrote Body Signs to help you avoid similar ordeals by alerting you to the warning signs of potentially dangerous disorders and diseases." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"If the practitioner considers it necessary, she or he might recommend a mammogram and/or ultrasound to determine the nature of a specific lump and may encourage aspiration of a mass to determine whether it is cystic or solid. The practitioner will no doubt recommend that highly suspicious lumps be surgically biopsied. A lump that is new or one that is increasing in size, or a lump that does not change over the course of the menstrual cycle, are all causes for concern and might lead to a professional evaluation." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "All women should have a complete health evaluation, including a medical history and physical examination and a mammogram within the previous 12 months before HRT. Decisions on bone density testing are made based on each situation. Hot Flashes. The primary indication for using HRT is for the treatment of hot flashes and night sweats. Vaginal Symptoms. Most systemic and vaginal ET and EPT products are approved for treating symptoms of vulvar and vaginal atrophy. These symptoms include vaginal dryness, painful vaginal sexual activity, and atrophic vaginitis." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"The medical establishment is very nervous that the truth about the mammogram technology is finally beginning to surface. After all, it is a huge moneymaker. Peter Gotzsche, M.D.—a researcher at the Nordic Cochrane Center in Denmark—and his associates recently published a peer-reviewed study that found major fault with the results of a large trial that reported a 31 percent reduction in breast cancer mortality as a result of mammogram screening. After carefully reviewing the data, Dr." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"It had been several years since her last mammogram. At her last Pap test, her (former) gynecologist intoned: "Cervical cancer would be God's punishment for not having had a Pap Smear in such a long time." As it happened, the routine scheduling took two weeks to the day, followed by four days of waiting for reports to be mailed and then for the phone to ring, during which time Fran worked hard, carefully cared for her flowers, played with her kittens, and worried about dying of breast cancer." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.) "According to a study of a medical practice specializing in breast disease, 5% of all women were inappropriately reassured that a malignant lump was benign without biopsy, 3% had a misread mammogram, 1% had a misread pathological finding, and 1% had cancer missed by a poorly performed biopsy. There is a much larger issue here, and one that is rarely assessed. This study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a journal published by the AMA, shows considerable incompetence in screening breast cancer." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.) "Indeed a 2003 study published in JAMA found double the false positives in the United States compared with Great Britain, a finding attributed to inferior mammogram training and fear of malpractice suits. "Very clear and specific standards and targets need to be set for interpretation of mammography," said the study's lead author. "Radiologists who perform outside acceptable ranges need to be told: 'that's not acceptable.'"37 We are not saying that a substantial proportion of physicians are incompetent." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"She'd just come from her surgeon's office where she learned she had a "highly suspicious" mass in her left breast that a mammogram and ultrasound indicated could be cancerous. The mass was so dense that her surgeon broke two biopsy needles during his examination. She had a history of breast cancer in her family, so the odds were against her. Her surgeon had her scheduled for a lumpectomy two days hence, and they both agreed he would perform a mastectomy if the mass was cancerous, which seemed very likely. I met her at my office at 5:00 the next morning." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

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