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by Jtigger on August 22nd, 2007

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Despite the advances in cancer research, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. What do you think should be done to prioritize funding for breast cancer research, screening and treatment?

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  • by Debra_B on January 3rd, 2011

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    Be careful with these statistics...the risk is nothing like 1 in 8 or 9 if you apply a normal life span to the risk. The 1 in 9 figure was first used in the UK, basically to mislead women and scare them into having mammograms. More women are choosing to walk away from cancer screening, more women are realizing we haven't been told the truth - there are risks with all cancer screening and benefits are often confined to a very small number. Cervical screening for example helps 0.45% of women, it's a rare cancer BUT false positives and over-treatment are VERY common and potentially harmful. Over-diagnosis and false positives are a problem with breast screening but risk is never really mentioned to women. Legally and ethically we're all supposed to be giving our informed consent. The actual lifetime risk for breast cancer is something like 1 in 68 - the 1 in 9 is based on women reaching advanced old age. This sort of dishonest manipulation of figures is common in womens' cancer screening and IMO, totally unacceptable.
    I have made an informed decision not to participate in cancer screening and yes, even though women are basically demanded to have screening and even coerced - we all have a choice with cancer screening. It can never be "required" for anything and any Dr telling you that is denying your right to informed consent and behaving unethically. Cancer screening carries risk to your healthy body and can only ever be voluntary. Anyone wanting an honest overview of mammograms - go to the Nordic Cochrane Institute's website and read, "The risks and benefits of mammograms" a rare, unbiased summary. It's shameful that women rarely receive unbiased information and there is no respect for informed consent. The truth about pap tests - go to Dr Joel Sherman's medical privacy blog and under women's privacy issues you'll find some informative articles in the side bar - start with research by Angela Raffle and articles by Professor Baum and Richard DeMay - you'll be amazed to read the facts - then compare them to the "facts" that have been given to you via your Dr and screening authorities.
    Demand your legal right to informed consent with all cancer screening, something men take for granted...

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