Comments on: The girls will be thrilled! http://fairlyconservative.com/2009/11/16/the-girls-will-be-thrilled/ To a sufficient degree; in an evenhanded manner. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:08:38 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Winegirl http://fairlyconservative.com/2009/11/16/the-girls-will-be-thrilled/#comment-19698 Winegirl Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:11:08 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/?p=7960#comment-19698 I am doing the same thing, extending time between mammograms. After 25 years, I've never been called back, don't have any family history, no risk factors. While a mammogram can detect some "early" breast cancers, it is not a preventive test. If you are going to get breast cancer, you are going to get it regardless of the mammogram. And remember, only a small fraction of women (and men) actually develop breast cancer. So judicious use and timing of "preventive" screenings is appropriate, in my personal opinion. For those with higher risk factors, more regular screenings are called for. It is also important that the radiologist who reads your mammogram have access to prior studies. I can't tell you how many are "called back" due to something seen, which was also on prior films that the radiologist did not have access to. Reading films is very difficult and stability of the images over time is important. So I also have my mammograms done with the same medical group, which has prior films stored for comparison. I am doing the same thing, extending time between mammograms. After 25 years, I’ve never been called back, don’t have any family history, no risk factors. While a mammogram can detect some “early” breast cancers, it is not a preventive test. If you are going to get breast cancer, you are going to get it regardless of the mammogram. And remember, only a small fraction of women (and men) actually develop breast cancer. So judicious use and timing of “preventive” screenings is appropriate, in my personal opinion. For those with higher risk factors, more regular screenings are called for.

It is also important that the radiologist who reads your mammogram have access to prior studies. I can’t tell you how many are “called back” due to something seen, which was also on prior films that the radiologist did not have access to. Reading films is very difficult and stability of the images over time is important. So I also have my mammograms done with the same medical group, which has prior films stored for comparison.

]]> By: Cindy Kilkenny http://fairlyconservative.com/2009/11/16/the-girls-will-be-thrilled/#comment-19690 Cindy Kilkenny Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:34:07 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/?p=7960#comment-19690 Cute note characters. I wanna do that! Cute note characters. I wanna do that!

]]> By: The Lorax http://fairlyconservative.com/2009/11/16/the-girls-will-be-thrilled/#comment-19688 The Lorax Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:15:52 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/?p=7960#comment-19688 ♪♫Let's hear it for the girls, let's give the girls a hand!♫♪♫ ♪♫Let’s hear it for the girls, let’s give the girls a hand!♫♪♫

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