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Risky Business Your article "The Mammogram Melee" suggests that it's important to weigh the risks of screening against the benefits, but you never tell us what these risks are [Dec. 7]. Is there evidence that the mammograms may be causing some tumors or damaging tissues? I've been screened fairly regularly for the last 20 years, and now I'm starting to worry that I was doing the wrong thing. Karin Judkins, TURIN, ITALY...
Here's a riddle: If a woman is denied a mammogram at age 40 and dies at 45 of breast cancer, how much money does her insurance company save? Christine Hummel...
...Risky Business Re "The Mammogram Melee" [Dec. 7]: Here's a riddle: If a woman is denied a mammogram at age 40 and dies at 45 of breast cancer, how much money does her insurance company save? Christine Hummel...
...MAMMOGRAM MELEE...
...recommendations to delay routine mammograms until age 50: Here's a riddle. If a woman is denied a mammogram at 40 and dies at 45 of breast cancer, how much money does her insurance company save...