Mammogram expert gives context to controversial study

One of the largest studies of screening mammography, published in February, yielded findings that challenged perceptions of its diagnostic benefit. Dr. Joann Elmore, a University of Washington expert in mammography, recommends that screenings still be offered but that women decide for themselves whether to be screened.

[Seremonii]

I come to YouTube often before I make a medical decision. I appreciate honest people like this woman. Especially in the medical field. When doctors are receiving financial incentives from organizations & pharmaceutical companies I have to second guess their recommendations and motives.

[susanb]

Very good video. Mammogram doesn’t work but women continue to be pressured to get one.

[NVSTGTE]

The pressure to get a mammogram is OFF THE CHARTS! I’m 44 and made the decision NOT to smash my breasts between two radiation plates and instead get an ultrasound (which is the next step anyway if the mammogram finds something suspicious). It took over a month to find a doctor willing to write a script for the ultrasound. I finally got it and the clinic wanted me to IMMEDIATELY get a mammogram and biopsy even though the doctor admitted she wasn’t too concerned with the finding. When I said I’m not getting a mammogram, she scolded me about how foolish I was. I could make the argument that ultrasounds are way better (and safer) than mammograms. I won’t get one and will not be pressured by a brainwashed, mammogram money-making doctor. Also, are you aware that if you get a biopsy, a metal “marker” is left in the breast? A lot of women have had issues with these markers yet they are required. My advice? Skip the mammogram and get an ultrasound. Also find a new doctor if you’re ever pressured. I didn’t agree with one thing she said. You have to take your health into your own hands!!!

[sharonsanderson]

I mean any exposure to radiation is too much for me I'm due for one I haven't had but one in my lifetime and they're like nowadays pushing them to do them every year and it's just a payment to the insurance companies if you ask me and an exposure just to maybe possibly increasing a person's chance according to their DNA and their family history that they might develop a situation that will be a paycheck for the industry.

[evelyne]

So, it’s still going on in the US…..Constant push for mammograms and self exam. Even though it’s been shown to essentially not help ultimate survival rate.
Self exam is the blame game put on women even though it’s been shown that by the time you can feel the lesion, it’s big already, microscopically.
Plus, since there’s only one study….why haven’t there been more ? Oh that’s right, it’s like the viagra thing………all about men. Even all the clinical trial on other drugs are all done on men, so that women are overdosed based on the men’s studies. There’s really no excuse for this sexism in health care research and treatment options.
What ever happened to the “women’s libido pill” ?

[DJ-llmq]

I'm 65. I've never had one. Didn't get the vaccine either.

[cherylmccray]

Im 52 i been going just about every year since I was 40, i go because i feel if i skip & wait every 2 to 3 years i might have caught something if i had of went yearly, i didn't know the mammogram can actually cause cancer by being exposed to it every year 😮, i just had one last year, thank God i always been negative, theres no history of breast cancer in my family, im not scheduling one for this year, on another note how often should a woman do a annual pap smear, i usually do every year or wait 2 to 3 years also

[cocinavibrante]

Very important and clear the interpretation of those findings. We do need more studies, meanwhile mammograms are necesary.

[natashanonnattive]

I got mastitis and green liquid came out after a mammo ijs