The Stink of Pink: Why Mammograms Are Vastly Oversold

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

Early detection through mammography is the annual clarion call of pink-ribboned Breast Cancer Awareness campaigns. October 21 is National Mammography Day — a day during which women are barraged with reminders that getting a mammogram could save their life.

However, little effort has been made to educate women about the crucial differences between non-malignant lesions and invasive or non-invasive cancers detected through this technology.

Instead, the general idea that breast cancer is something you either have or don’t have is perpetuated, without any distinctions of its relative risk …read more

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