Comments on: We’re Scientists And You’re Not http://xrlq.com/2009/11/22/were-scientists-and-youre-not/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Mon, 14 May 2012 18:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aunt Ruth http://xrlq.com/2009/11/22/were-scientists-and-youre-not/comment-page-1/#comment-560825 Aunt Ruth Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:09:06 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=5090#comment-560825 Screening has risks. It's been reported before: http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20031014/does-mammogram-risk-outweigh-benefit Screening has risks. It’s been reported before:

http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20031014/does-mammogram-risk-outweigh-benefit

]]> By: Marty http://xrlq.com/2009/11/22/were-scientists-and-youre-not/comment-page-1/#comment-560692 Marty Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:46:23 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=5090#comment-560692 It also becomes less dense the more times you mash it between those mammography devices. Might as well just cut em off and eliminate the risk completely :P It also becomes less dense the more times you mash it between those mammography devices.

Might as well just cut em off and eliminate the risk completely :P

]]> By: Jody http://xrlq.com/2009/11/22/were-scientists-and-youre-not/comment-page-1/#comment-560682 Jody Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:36:52 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=5090#comment-560682 <i> What on earth trait does the average healthy 40 year old woman have that she won’t have 10 years from now, that will somehow trigger a false positive on a mammogram now but not then?</i> Breast tissue becomes less dense as you (if you were a woman) age, which makes scanning easier (improves imaging SNR, if you will). See <a href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/HealthProfessional/page5" rel="nofollow">here</a>: <i>Mammography is a less sensitive test for women aged 40 to 49 years than for older women. The authors of one study examined 576 women who developed invasive breast cancer following a screening mammogram to determine whether greater breast density or faster growing tumors among younger women explained the lower sensitivity. They found that more younger women with cancer had developed interval cancers. <b>They also found that greater breast density explained most (68%) of the decreased mammographic sensitivity in younger women</b> at 12 months, whereas at 24 months, rapid tumor growth and breast density explained approximately equal proportions of the interval cancers</i> Otherwise, I agree with the rant. What on earth trait does the average healthy 40 year old woman have that she won’t have 10 years from now, that will somehow trigger a false positive on a mammogram now but not then?

Breast tissue becomes less dense as you (if you were a woman) age, which makes scanning easier (improves imaging SNR, if you will).

See here:

Mammography is a less sensitive test for women aged 40 to 49 years than for older women. The authors of one study examined 576 women who developed invasive breast cancer following a screening mammogram to determine whether greater breast density or faster growing tumors among younger women explained the lower sensitivity. They found that more younger women with cancer had developed interval cancers. They also found that greater breast density explained most (68%) of the decreased mammographic sensitivity in younger women at 12 months, whereas at 24 months, rapid tumor growth and breast density explained approximately equal proportions of the interval cancers

Otherwise, I agree with the rant.

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