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Posted by docstox on Wed Nov 18 11:46:33 2009, in response to Healthcare rationing: it begins, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 13:38:27 2009. Government panel or not, there are facts to back up this decision.One out of around 1900 women have breast cancer detected by mammograms in the 40 to 50 bracket.One out of 1400 in the 50 to 60 group and one out of 325 in the over 60 group.It would seem that the data reflect that women 60 and over benefit most from the yearly mammograms. If women want to do the test more frequently under age 60, let them pay for it themselves.These would be the group of women WITHOUT the family history of the disease. I would include, however, every women, 40 and over, with a family history of the disease, for the yearly mammogram benefit. |
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