Mmog Quotes

Young women need to be advised of the risk of accelerated tumor growth and early relapse before giving informed consent for mammography. - Michael Retsky

Women are doing better [at getting mammograms] than they were 15 years ago, but in the last five they are doing worse. The numbers are dropping gradually. - Debbie Saslow

When purchased, the Cancer Society will donate the new digital mammogram machine to the Cayman Islands Hospital so that every woman living in the Cayman Islands will be able to benefit from the new medical facilities. - Christine Sanders

What is worse? A hot flash or a stroke, more mammograms or more breast biopsies? That's the kind of discussion a woman has to have with her physician. - Marcia Stefanick

We only have three or four places I'm aware of in the Triangle area that have digital mammography available right now. I know it's at UNC, Duke and Alamance in Burlington, for example. - Etta Pisano

We expect the results of this clinical study to demonstrate an even higher level of accuracy than either film or digital mammography. With this greatly improved diagnostic accuracy, the BT Test will ultimately become a critical tool in detecting breast cancer without the discomfort and inconvenience of a mammogram. - William Gartner

We don't have all the answers. We think our work has pointed out that the mammography paradox is real. We are confident we understand what causes it. We have identified a problem -- a mechanism that is testable. We have not found a solution. But identifying the problem is a major step in the right direction. - Michael Retsky

Those who want to defend the current system are defending the indefensible. Only 4 percent of all women in the Medicaid fee-for-service program are getting mammograms. That's absurd. That's not a successful system, that's a failure. - Alan Levine

This is the single biggest advance in mammography in 30 years, and women throughout the United States now have access to a powerful new tool in the fight against breast cancer. - Jeff Immelt

They found it in doing my annual mammogram. But it was small, less than 1 centimeter. - Karen Blair