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Broadcasting live from the Capture the Moment Cancer Education Symposium in Orlando, Florida, join the conversation about how the breast cancer clinic has evolved into what patients are familiar with today. Breast cancer experts Dr. Sarah McLaughlin, Dr. Lauren Cornell, Dr. Martha Wasserman, and Dr. Alvaro Morena Aspitia, have a panel discussion and take questions from the live and online audiences.
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I've just been told that there is a 10 minute delay in the program. We will start broadcasting at 11:15 am CT (12:15 pm ET or 9:15 am PT)
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There were two schools of thought, which made it confusing for primary physicians, but this is from one website at Harvard.edu. You can see the inconsistency:
"The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends mammograms every other year for women ages 50 to 74, but says there's not enough evidence to recommend regular mammogram screenings in women ages 75 and older.
Because the frequency and age ranges for testing vary by organization, it can be hard to know which recommendation to follow. Dr. Smith goes by the American Cancer Society guidelines, advising all of her female patients age 40 and older to have annual mammograms.
Should you stop having mammograms after age 75, as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends? "If anything, the risk of breast cancer goes up every year a woman is alive," Dr. Smith says. "To say that you stop checking at 75, when the average life expectancy of a woman in this country is in the mid-80s, doesn't make sense to me." As long as you're healthy enough to tolerate a lumpectomy under local anesthesia—should you need it—Dr. Smith recommends that you continue to get annual mammograms in your 70s and beyond."
https://www.health.harvard.edu/womens-health/do-you-need-mammograms
Yes, it still happens. I had received 2 reminder letters to get my mammogram. I brought this to the attention of my PD. She said (2021) that I didn't need it. I was perplexed and couldn't figure out why. She said, "And they'll send you more letters." I thought it had something to do with the fact that I was going to have MOHs surgery for the skin cancer on my face. So I didn't press the issue. Long story short, she left the practice. The Obgyn doctor who took her place only said that that doctor didn't have Covid. The Obgyn doctor said I needed to get a mammogram and it would be my last one. Color me perplexed again. Neither ever explained why. Troubled, I searched for another doctor. He (a "he") this time, told me I needed a mammogram and that the possibility of getting breast Cancer rises with age. (I'm 75) After doing a search online, I realize this is controversial, but the fact that he gave me a reason and one that made sense to me is prompting me to get a mammogram. I wonder, does the originator of this post have someone in your family with breast cancer? Thank you for your post.