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Mammograms Hurt, But Could Save Your Life

Erika Katz | Posted 12.16.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Biopsy, Breast Cancer Early Detection, Biopsy, Getting a Mammogram, Early Detection, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Slideexpand, October Breast Cancer Month, Mammogram, Getting Diagnosed With Breast Cancer, Canada Living News
Erika Katz

Just three years ago, my best friend was bugging me to have a mammogram. I kept putting it off because I thought that was something for older women and I felt great. But when I did go and the technician asked me to come back in for another picture, I became nauseous, and all of a sudden I realized that I was vulnerable just like every other woman. What they found was not cancerous, but early detection is the key to survival. Make an appointment to get your breasts examined. It could save your life.

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Want a Cancer Screening? You May Be Denied

Alan Katz | Posted 08.01.2012 | Canada
Read More: Low-Risk, At-Risk, Mammography, Cancer Screen, Psa Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Men Prostate Cancer, Biopsy, Cancer, Family History, Canada Medical Screen, Mammograph, Canada News
Alan Katz

This week saw a U.S. recommendation that PSA screening for prostate cancer should no longer be routine care for men at average risk. The evidence, in other words, has spoken. So, many are now asking the question: if doctors are no longer supposed to screen in certain populations for two of the most common cancers, is the age of medical screening over?

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