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Julie25, What an ordeal...
You might be interested in listening to a 35 minute lecture at the Medphyzz site - given by Prof Michael Baum recently at UCL and called, "Breast cancer screening: the inconvenient truths"...any woman considering mammograms should listen to this lecture. Prof Baum is a senior UK breast cancer surgeon who helped set up the first breast screening clinic in the UK...he knows about screening and now has some SERIOUS concerns. Also, the Nordic Cochrane Institute were so concerned at the misinformation being given to women that they produced, "The risks and benefits of mammograms" - it's at their website.
Make up your own mind - I've passed on breast screening and CBE's are not recommended here, they don't help....I practice "breast awareness" devised by the late Dr Joan Austoker - simply taking note of the look and shape of your breasts in the mirror every morning after showering. Breast self-exam has been out for years - it leads to excess biopsies.
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