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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:09 PM Original message |
my OB/GYN told me he has read this month in 2 professional journals recs to stop mammograms at 70 |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. My friend was convinced that a lumpectomy was just fine for her when she got cancer |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It's called "rationing," and the sad fact remains that we |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. A 75 year old friend has prostate cancer |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. More die with it than from it |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. breast cancers can grow fast, slow, or moderately. "grow slowly" is a false generalization. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Ask breast cancer victims about that "grows slowly" bit. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Aren't breast cancers less fatal for older women? |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. My mom had her first breast cancer at 65 (well after menopause) |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. My mother was diagnosed at 78 |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. But the govt panel said young women don't need it |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. You're missing the POINT, which is SAVING $$, not LIVES. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. My first question is: |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I did not ask him. He said he gets several journals monthly, and two this month recommend this |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. There's something about that which begs for |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. my doc was furious, he said he firmly believes mammos save lives |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Point of fact: he gets several a week. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. The rationing is upon us. n/t |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. I WAS 77 when my breast cancer was found |
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knownothing (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. OB/GYN was furious |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Thank you. EXACTLY. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is not a new controversy; I found a study from Duke 1995 making the same recommendation |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. The US WILL do this, because we will look at "the best science" and "cost-effective", like the UK. |
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