Women, a Mammogram Could Give You Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Awareness has been requesting that women have a regular mammogram for over 25 years in the name of promoting wellness. However, the truth is that a mammogram shows non-malignant and non-invasive breast cancer, too, and this information has not been told to women. Read on for the full truth about mammograms and breast cancer diagnosis.
When something potentially harmful is found by a mammogram, no distinction is made with regard to the potential for harm; any detection is labeled as “breast cancer” – you either have it or you do not. This has led to misdiagnosis and unneeded treatment of a form of breast cancer that is clinically an unknown, called “Ductal Carcinoma.” It is the most frequently diagnosed AND unnecessarily medically treated form of breast cancer. The survival rate for women diagnosed with this type of breast cancer is 96 to 98 percent. (1) Another study showed that 40 percent of women diagnosed with “Ductal Carcinoma” had no signs of further growth after 40 years. (2)
Women diagnosed with this common breast cancer are treated as though they have malignant forms of breast cancer, which means aggressive radiation, chemotherapy or  surgery procedures, as opposed to careful watching and waiting: This type of cancer is frequently not harmful.
The best way to promote wellness with this type of diagnosis, is not with harmful radiation and chemo-therapy, but by dramatically changing one’s lifestyle to include regular exercise and the best nutrition. More on good nutrition soon…
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To your wellness! Linda
(1) http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/6/S1/P23
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21983862