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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:13:10 -0800, "CalifBill"
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:46:15 -0600, Vic Smith
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:21:24 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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It's a matter of policy vs. specific women's health. Most places are
ignoring the recommendations, basically saying that it should be up to
the
woman to decide if it's worth the risk of false positives, which can
lead
to
rather invasive investigations.

Don't think it's policy at all, since most of the medical voices I've
heard reject these findings out of hand.
From what I've gathered, it's just plain stupid.
Almost like saying get rid of airbags because so few people are saved
by them.
Or don't change the Pinto gas tank bracket because settling with the
number of people killed by a punctured gas tank will cost less than
the brackets.
What I haven't seen is any numbers on how many cases of breast cancer
are caused by the accumulated radiation exposure of mammographies.
They could make a case with that. They probably don't have the
numbers.
But the whole thing sounds real half-assed, and plays right into the
hands of those who have been screaming "Rationing is coming!"
Sure makes it look like they might have a case for that.

--Vic

Don't understand their advice. My partner's wife was just diagnosed
and went though a mastectomy. She's in her early 40's.

If they've got a case to be made of not subjecting women to
unnecessary radiation, seems like they'd have been smart to put the
data together in a representative form "before" they made this
announcement?

Cart, horse?

Nope, because then they can state the women is too old for surgery. Save
lots of money we do not have.

Who is they?

The boogie man? The government? Insurance companies? HMOs?

The people who say that mammograms should not start until 50. Remember
that was a government pronouncement. They realize there is not enough
money to pay for the House bill.

The House and Senate bills save billions over the long-term according the
CBO. The latter over a trillion.

I don't believe the mammogram announcement is political at all. The people
who did it are way too professional, but if nothing else the announcement
was badly timed and poorly executed.

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Nom=de=Plume