How a charity oversells mammography | BMJ - 1 views
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Nathan Goodyear on 07 Aug 12This article reveals how data is massaged to promote a viewpoint. In this case mammograms. Don't let your passions get the best of you, objectively review the data. Scientists are not doing that these days. Mammograms do help and are needed in the screening, however, mammograms do cause harm and help to promote the same disease it seeks to detect early. This is in some cases. Also, remember, mammograms are early detection, not prevention.