Breast cancer survival rates – and how stats can mislead
Version imprimableA recent article in HealthNewsReview (a site that examines the accuracy of health news reports) shines a light on misleading stats that are being used to promote mammography.
CWHN has covered this issue recently. Learn more about the controversies about breast screening here:
Mammography screening: Weighing the pros and cons for women’s health
Breast self-examination: What it means and why the thinking about it has changed
Read more about breast health and breast cancer on our website:
Women, Plastics and Breast Cancer
Not a flower shop: Exploring breast cancer risk and gender bias
Book Review - Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams
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