Mammography Discovers Too Many Harmless Tumors
October 12th 2009 -
Is the breast cancer early recognition meaningful? Proponents say. Because ever in former times the tumor is recognized, the more besster. A new study sets behind it question marks. Because too many illnesses are diagnosed, which place themselves as harmlessly out.
One of three cancer of the breast illnesses, which are discovered with
Mammograms, turns out in the consequence as harmless. After the evaluation of data from five countries scientists of the Nordic Cochrane Centre believe that women are treated again and again, although their cancer conditions very probably do not spread or will be deadly.
That too many women with cancer of the breast are diagnosed, is a problem of the early recognition. Because no possibility exists at present of differentiating between dangerous and harmless forms – all are treated.
Proponents of the routine investigations argue that the Mammograms is crucial for the early discovery of cancer cells. The Danish researchers for their part give to think that preventive medical examinations can lead against cancer to a over diagnosis.
The team stress that the discovery has only unfavorable effects of harmless cancer conditions, which would otherwise lifelong clinically not have been diagnosed for the concerning. The researchers analyzed a whole row of statistics from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Sweden and Norway, which had introduced programs to the precaution.
Whether the Mammography Screening harms now more as if uses, is already longer disputed. Sarah Cant of Breakthrough Breast CAN cerium stressed, it hopes that the research results did not prevent the women to be able to be examined further. It assumes the advantages also a wrong diagnosis would be larger than the possible disadvantages.
Julietta Patnick, the chief British CAN cerium of the Screening of program said that the Mammography of one saves the life of eight women with cancer of the breast, because its tumors without the Screening would only have been discovered in a advanced stage.
Tags: mammography, tumors
