In the past 40 years, there has never been a more controversial test than mammography and for many good reasons. Clear communication of harms and benefits associated with mammography is essential to modern health system that allows women to make an informed decision.
Women deserve a full, open and honest discussion of mammography: its benefits and potential risks. Some will decide to start screening at age forty, others will wait until age fifty. Yet after having been fully informed, some will decline to be screened entirely. All these decisions need to be respected.
We highly recommend this intelligent and well researched book on this subject by Dr. Handel Reynolds, MD called, quite appropriately, 'The Big Squeeze.'
In his blog Dr. Reynolds covers the subject of Informed Decision Making on Mammograms based on scientific trials and studies, please take a moment to read it.