In the series of articles on mammography risks we have addressed the main stream approach and conclusions about the early detection of breast cancer with yearly mammograms in women over 50 years old. We have also looked at the research that indicates the x-rays used for mammograms may add to the risk of developing [...]
Filed under: Mammography on August 28th, 2010 | No Comments »
Since that nagging question, “Do mammogram x-rays add to the risk of developing breast cancer?” bothers many of us health conscious folks, we’ve been looking at the various perspectives in answer to that question. We covered the main stream reasoning and thinking in the previous blog posts which you may review here: Part 1 Part [...]
Filed under: Mammography on August 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
If you missed the prior articles on Mammography Risks, you may review them here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 And here we are for Dr. Boyce’s conclusions on whether or not the risk of mammograms adding to the development of breast cancer outweigh the benefits. “Does x-ray mammography put women at an even higher [...]
Filed under: Mammography on July 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
The debate over whether having mammograms done yearly increases the risk of developing breast cancer prompted the writing of this series of articles. You may want to review Part 1 and Part 2. In this article *Dr. Boyce presents more information about the risks of developing breast cancer and comes to his conclusions at the end. From Dr. [...]
Filed under: Mammography on July 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
In part 1 of this series on the risks of mammography adding to the cause of breast cancer we looked at the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation that we might be exposed to in Dr. John D. Boyce’s article Ionizing Radiation and Breast Cancer Risk on the Cornell University web site at: http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/factsheet/physical/fs52.radiation.cfm#mammog In [...]
Filed under: Mammography on July 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
That old nagging question keeps raising its head. Does the radiation exposure from the mammography x-rays contribute to the development of breast cancer? If it does, should I have a mammogram every year to check for breast cancer? Those are tough but important questions. So let’s take an in-depth look at the scientific considerations. Then [...]
Filed under: Mammography on July 26th, 2010 | No Comments »