3D mammography is becoming more widely available, but is it superior to the traditional 2D technology for breast cancer detection? The answer isn’t clear-cut.
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Screening may save lives but it comes with a cost - and sometimes unbearable decisions - that shouldn’t be underestimated.
Major causes have been identified for most common cancers, like liver and lung. But we still haven’t identified one for breast cancer.
We’ve known for some time that women with dense breasts are at higher risk of breast cancers that are difficult to detect by mammography. To address this problem, 19 US states have introduced laws requiring…
Social media can help raise awareness of health issues, engaging people in discussion and encouraging them to take action. But thoughtless adherence to such trends has the potential to cause harm. New…
In the ninth part of our series Health Rationing, Stephen Duckett examines the government’s decision to extend the breast cancer screening program. As one of many pre-budget teasers, Health Minister Plibersek…
Public discussion about the risks of over-diagnosis of breast cancer have left some women wondering whether they should take part in the government’s breast screening program. Let’s take a look at what…
OVER-DIAGNOSIS EPIDEMIC – Today Robin Bell and Robert Burton examine breast cancer to evaluate the role of population-wide screening in over-diagnosis. Since the national screening mammography program…
Breast screening can help women halve their risk of dying from breast cancer, a new Australian study has found. The research, published today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, is the largest…
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Professor & Deputy Director, Women's Health Program, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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NHMRC Australia Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor and Director of Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health & Human Rights, Monash University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Women's Health, Gender and Society, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Surgery, UCL
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Women's Health, King's College London
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Clinical A/Prof Breast Physician, Westmead Breast Cancer Institute, University of Notre Dame Australia
