Re: Why do mammograms ...
People need to do their research here. There's a lot of the usual bunkum and anecdotal nonsense being spouted.
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/vide...breast-cancer/
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Ty Bollinger: So the detection technique that we’re using, the primary technique that we use to detect breast cancer, is causing breast cancer.
Dr. Ben Johnson: Absolutely, it’s a terrible test; you know smashing women’s breasts and then irradiating with cancer-causing radiation. And then it’s so insensitive. For women under 50, it’s only like 52% effective, sensitive. That means 52 is pretty close to 50, right?
Ty Bollinger: Yeah.
Dr. Ben Johnson: So about half. That means that half the women that have breast cancer, it would not detect their cancer. That’s a terrible test. And so there are much better tests. And yet this is what’s still being crammed down women’s throats today. Terrible test, causes breast cancer."
Read the whole article
I will say again, subjecting your body to unnecessary levels of ionising radiation is a patently stupid thing to do. The corrupt and fraudulent medical industry, controlled as it is by huge pharmaceutical conglomerates is going to continue to send naïve and frightened patients down the Mammography route. Remember the sales tactic is ALWAYS the same, a "Campaign of Fear" to frighten people out of their wits and bully them into compliance. Be strong and take responsibility for your own health, do your research, thoroughly and then take the necessary action for YOUR health.
Thermography is the way to go. Non-invasive and doesn't irradiate your breasts.
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/mamm...ography-video/
The myth and lies about Mammograms being the right thing to do to catch cancers early.
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Dr. Veronique Desaulniers: Well, let’s start with mammograms. Again, by the time they see a lump on a mammogram, it has taken five to eight years to develop. "
Dr. Ben Johnson: "Well long before there was a tumor there, there were cancer cells. Probably 8 to 10 years before there was a tumor, there were cancer cells starting to grow. Two cells, four cells, 16 cells, 144 cells, etc. It takes about eight years until you get to about a centimeter in size for a mammogram or an ultrasound to detect it. Well that’s too late. Because that one-centimeter tumor, about five-sixteenths of an inch, less than half an inch, is about one billion cells.
When you get to one billion cells, the cancer has already eroded into the lymphatic system and the venous system and it’s shedding cancer cells all through the body. So that’s why mammograms—one of the many reasons mammograms don’t save lives,
it is NOT early detection. That’s one of the little lies they’ve propagated along.
“Early detection saves lives. Get your mammogram today.”
The Alternatives
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Dr. Ben Johnson: Well there’s two better options. If you’ve got a lump, if you think you’ve got something,
ultrasound is great. It’s a test of anatomy. Mammograms are tests of anatomy. Ultrasounds are tests of anatomy. MRIs are tests of anatomy. So if you’ve already got a lump, you want a test of anatomy."
"So, that would be like an ultrasound because they can see the lump, they can see its consistency. They can see where there’s calcium in it. And they can look at blood flow because tumors are going to have increased blood flow. So, for instance, a sensitivity of ultrasound is up around 80%. It’s much higher than mammograms. And the sensitivity is higher too."
"But if you’re looking about prevention,
if you’re talking about screening, there’s really only one device out there and that is thermography. An infrared thermal camera. Nothing touches the lady. Nothing smashes her breasts. There’s no cancer causing radiation."