Five Ways to Improve the Quality and Success of Breast Cancer Screening by...
Here are some ideas on how we might reduce the incidence of metastatic breast cancer, by making high-quality mammography available to all women: 1. Modernize all breast imaging facilities. All should...
View ArticleNew Numbers Should Factor Into the Mammography Equation
On Friday the New York Times reported that surgeons are performing far too many open breast biopsies to evaluate abnormal mammogram results. A new American Journal of Surgery article analyzed data for...
View ArticleRadiologists’ Experience Matters in Mammography Outcomes
There’s a new study out on mammography with important implications for breast cancer screening. The main result is that when radiologists review more mammograms per year, the rate of false positives...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Rate in the U.S. is No Longer Declining
A worrisome report on breast cancer trends in the U.S. appeared on-line today, ahead of print in an AACR journal, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. The analysis, based on the NCI’s SEER...
View ArticleMammography Update!
This week I’ve come across a few articles and varied blog posts on screening mammography. The impetus for rehashing the topic is a new set of guidelines issued by the American College of Obstetricians...
View ArticleNEJM Publishes New Review on Breast Cancer Screening
With little fanfare, the NEJM published a feature on breast cancer screening in its Sept 15 issue. The article, like other “vignettes” in the Journal, opens with a clinical scenario. This time, it’s a...
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A Closer Look at the Details on Mammography, in Between the Lines
Recently I wrote a review of Between the Lines, a helpful handbook on bio-medical statistics authored by an acquaintance and colleague, Dr. Marya Zilberberg. In that post, I mentioned my concern about...
View ArticleDon’t Blur the Message on Cancer Screening
This week the USPSTF renewed its position on ovarian cancer screening. The panel reminded the public that there’s no value in doing blood tests, like measuring the CEA, or having sonograms to evaluate...
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More on Mammography, Breast Cancer, Misleading Arguments, Emotion and Women’s...
It’s a holiday week. But when this morning’s paper delivered yet another op-ed by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, citing (and breaking an embargo on) yet another, misleading and manipulative two-author analysis...
View ArticleJAMA Review on Mammography Points to the Need for Better Ways to Advise Women...
— It’s hard to argue with the findings and conclusions of a new paper in JAMA put forth by Drs. Lydia Pace and Nancy Keating, both physicians with public health degrees and appointments at...
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