Comments on: Are Mammograms Safe?

By: Medicexchange

Medicexchange — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:36:14 +0000

Thermography is not widely available. While it may become more available, in the meantime mammograms are the best, safest, most scientifically proven way to detect breast cancer.

By: toni

toni — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:16:18 +0000

I am 63 years old. The last mammogram I had was two years ago. I have very dense benign breast. I am not going to get another mammogram. I have had them for over twenty three years and I don’t feel they are safe and that reliable. Do you think I am wrong?

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:46:55 +0000

I have always felt the compression and irradiation of breast tissue to be INSANE; thus, I have always questioned the true safety of mammograms. I will never have a mammogram because I will never allow my breasts to be so brutilized for a screening procedure. I am also a 15 year survivor of renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) which has cost me a kidney why the hell do I want to risk exposure to that much radiation yearly??

I am also looking into thermography as a clinic has open in my area!! I am also spreading the word on thermograms and that we have a choice!

By: Sam W.

Sam W. — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:23:42 +0000

very interesting article..thank you!

By: Marcos

Marcos — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:19:50 +0000

I wouldn’t say it’s terribly misleading. There are numerous studies published on Pubmed that cite Mammograms have many risks associated with them. The bottom-line on Mammograms is that you should get multiple opinions and take them all with a grain of salt. Not just the doctor that wrote this blog, and not just your doctor that diagnosed you.

If there’s a better answer, such as thermography, why not get the word out about it, so that it grows in popularity and becomes more widely available.

By: Greg Dennis

Greg Dennis — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:53:51 +0000

This is terribly misleading. Thermography is not widely available. While it may become more available, in the meantime mammograms are the best, safest, most scientifically proven way to detect breast cancer. You are scaring away women from a proven lifesaving technology. And the stats you cite are meaningless, as mamms are NOT RECOMMENDED for most women yonger than 40. {Note: while I represent breast health companies, none of them do mammograms .]

By: Melissa Wood, ND

Melissa Wood, ND — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:29:53 +0000

Thanks for posting this great article, Dr. Group. As a fellow Naturopath, I agree completely with this article. I can’t tell you how many women have come to our clinic with breast cancer, after repeated Mammograms every year on the advice of their physicians. It is such a tragedy! We also recommend the radiation-free Thermography and have been utilizing this great test for years.
Thanks for all you do to help others be healthy!
Melissa Wood, ND

By: Hanlie

Hanlie — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:14:45 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this article! I’m not a doctor, but I have also been questioning the use of mammogram for some time now. Especially as it’s often being advertised as a form of cancer prevention!

I am excited about what I’ve read about thermography so far and will definitely spread the word, especially since it’s becoming more and more evident from research that lifestyle factors play a much larger role in determining breast cancer risk than genetics.

Great article! I’ll send people this way!