On the day of my own yearly mammogram, a grumpy technician walks into the cold, dark room and begins, ever so nonchalantly, to wrestle one of my poor boobs into submission and I wince. Yet in spite of the wild indignation that having my breasts squished conjures up in me, I thank God for these technicians and radiologists because without them, we'd all be a lot worse off.

In spite of evidence from many western countries, including the U.S., screening advocates persist in attributing observed mortality declines to screening, not to improved therapy. In fact, the evidence is strong that it is therapy, not screening, that accounts for the mortality decreases.

TORONTO - The release this week of revamped Canadian breast cancer screening guidelines has set off a war of words between those who support the recom...