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Need expert opinion: are the risks of mammograms worth the benefit?
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Read more about it: The data have shown that mammography saves lives but that the surveillance does result in a fairly large percentage of biopsies for benign conditions, which is to be expected in a population-wide screening process that attempts to ensure that all "true positives" for breast cancer are caught. Read more about mammography here: http://www.Conciergeradiologist.Com/bilateral-mammogram.Html.
Answered 5/22/2013
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