She was just 33. At first glance, she looked heavy. And she wasโ79 kilos. Thatโs not what we usually see. Most women who come to us are thin, often undernourished, their bodies shaped by years of poverty and hard work. But her weight was hiding something. A lump in her breast had grown quietly for …
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Breast Cancer
Mammograms – much ado about nothing?
A day before, I wrote that we should not sell mammography as a screening modality in resource limited setting. Todayโs Annals of Internal Medicine carries recommendation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on screening for breast cancer in general population. Interestingly, USPSTF in 2002 had advocated for routine screening mammography at age 40; …