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Mammograms are the subject of much controversy in the UK. There is the argument that the NHS should fund the test for younger people ? because there is evidence that there are increasing numbers of breast cancers being found in those under the age of 47; not to mention the fact that there is no screening for men. Others disagree entirely with the test and argue that mammograms carry a risk of radiation (ie they might add to the possibility of developing breast cancer) and false positives which, in turn, may lead to psychological harm and unneccessary biopsies and tests.
Here in the USA ? where the NHS, as we know it, does not exist ? non-profit or government health-care programmes are being cut back. Another result of the current economic climate is that the number of women without insurance ? or access to low cost or free testing ? is growing. The advice of the American Cancer Society is for all women over the age of 40 to have annual mammograms ? a very different prospect to the UK's policy of every three years and between the ages of 47-72.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/j...s-without-the-help-of-the-breast-cancer-site/
Here in the USA ? where the NHS, as we know it, does not exist ? non-profit or government health-care programmes are being cut back. Another result of the current economic climate is that the number of women without insurance ? or access to low cost or free testing ? is growing. The advice of the American Cancer Society is for all women over the age of 40 to have annual mammograms ? a very different prospect to the UK's policy of every three years and between the ages of 47-72.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/j...s-without-the-help-of-the-breast-cancer-site/