Mammogram guidelines: Second look

Letter to the editor: 

Breast cancer screening

The American Cancer Society announced new guidelines for mammogram screening for women, increasing the minimum screening age from 40 to 45. It recommends mammograms every other year for women 55 and over. It stated annual clinical breast exams are unnecessary, claiming these new measures would decrease false positive results, which require further images and/or biopsies. The cancer society says it doesn’t want women subjected to the unnecessary anxiety and stress false positives produce. Are women so fragile?

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I have been through follow-up imaging several times, and two biopsies. I waited for results, but I didn’t shatter. I did, however, resolve to have annual mammograms. It is my right. Is it possible that the cancer society might not want corporate partners subjected to increased payouts? It lists several health insurance and health care providers as active supporters. Must we sacrifice women whose cancer could go undiagnosed?

Adele E. Zimmermann; Embudo, N.M.