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Task force vice-chairwoman Diana B. Petitti, MD, MPH, says the new recommendations do not mean average-risk women younger than 50 and older than 74 should never be screened.
Rather, they are meant to foster discussion between these women and their doctors about the risks vs. benefits of routine screening.
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Yeah, I'll buy that... use your doctor and your brain, not some headline.
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Potential risks include anxiety, unnecessary biopsy, and unnecessary treatment of cancers that would never become life threatening.
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vs suffering and death? Don't bother locking the door because Freddy Kruger might
not be outside? Nay, fuck that... take care of yourself... take care if the tits.