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New Mammogram Recommendations and Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
New Recommendations for Mammograms Screenings and Cervical Cancer Screenings Put Women's Health at Risk!
Women everywhere should be outraged! New guideline's about when a woman should get a mammogram to screen for breast cancer and when a woman should get a pap smear test have been set and not for the betterment of women.New Mammogram Guidelines Say Don't Self Exam and Wait Until Age 50
The U.S. Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending that women wait until they are 50 to start getting yearly mammogram screenings for breast cancer and that women no longer self exam. This is in direct conflict with The American Cancer Society's recommendation that women start getting yearly mammograms at age 40. According the U.S. Preventive Tasks Service, mammograms expose women to unnecessary radiation, false positive tests and lead to unnecessary biopsies.
According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, the report on the USPSTF states that "the current evidence is insufficient to assess the additional benefits and harms of either digital mammography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instead of film mammography as screening modalities for breast cancer." (Source: Screening for Breast Cancer)
Every year, thousands of women self exam for signs of breast cancer and every year thousands of women remain alive because they self examined, found a lump and went to their health care provider. Women should not take this guideline lightly. Many women find cancer early because of early screenings.
Famous Women Who Are Alive
Christina Applegate- diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36 and survived due to early screening and treatment.
Sheryl Crow- diagnosed at age 44 with breast cancer and survived after a lumpectomy and radiation treatment.
Jaclyn Smith- diagnosed with breast cancer at age 56 and is now as survivor.
Melissa Etheridge- diagnosed at age 44 with breast cancer, now a survivor.
Olivia Newton John- diagnosed in 1992 at age 44 with breast cancer, now a survivor and tireless advocate for breast cancer research.
New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Set by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist
- New Recommendation is Mammograms at Age 50
- New Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screenings to Begin At Age 21
- Women and Health
Comments
As someone who is alive today because of a mammogram, I am horrified to read that the guidelines have been so drastically changed. My cancer was caught in an early stage (Stage 1). A mammogram saved my life. So yes, women, GET TESTED!!
so glad to hear everything turned out well Crystal!
I'm back to comment again. I had my mammogram, and everything came out fine. :) Now I'll receive a reminder card each year. Thanks again for writing this. I might not have gone if I hadn't read your article, but it gave me the push I needed.
Thanks for this important reminder. I'm going to make my appointment right now. I have the doctor's order and had been putting it off, but reading this is the kick in the rear that I needed. It's better to be safe than sorry. I'm 44, and I don't care what the USPSTF says because it seems they really don't care about the lives of women. Thanks for this info.
Great reporting. Women need to do what is right for them and ignore guidelines that could be dangerous.
This runs in my family too. I think you provideed some great advise. Write on!
Breast cancer runs in my family. Grandma and mom had it (and survived--small tumors that were taken out). My ob/gyn recommended that before age 35 I get a baseline mammo. I called for an appointment. If you are under 35 (which I am), they wouldn't take me unless they had my name in the computer. So I had to get a referral. If I hadn't gotten the mammo done, I wouldn't have known I had a very smallbenign lump (I couldn't feel it!) It makes me wonder what if it were cancerous and what if I hadn't gotten the mammo because of my age? No one has the right to dictate WHEN you get a test done! If you have a specific history or if you feel something you NEED to be tested. They just don't want to "waste" money...it's not waste if you ask me. It's saving lives. This is in a way gender genocide--think of how many women could die because you told them not to even self test. Also, notice how they don't have new guidelines for prostate exams? *sigh* ok I ranted enough. This was a great article.
Great reporting
Well handled. Thanks for the coverage.
Excellent research! It is really amazing that you were able to find 5 celebrities who have had early breast cancer....if that's a 'random sampling' then let's take it through the entire population. That's a large percentage in my mind.
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