Items Tagged ‘mammograms’
November 20, 2009
Mayo Clinic, Fairview Southdale Hospital reject new guidelines for breast cancer screening
An influential federal task force may be discouraging routine breast cancer screenings for women in their 40s, but that doesn’t mean Minnesota doctors are going to change their practices. Breast clinics at the Mayo Clinic and Fairview Southdale Hospital flatly rejected the recommendations issued Monday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Both will […]
November 19, 2009
M.C. doctor disagrees with breast cancer report
Nearly half the cases of breast cancer in North Iowa occur in women who a recent government report said do not need regular mammograms, according to a Mason City doctor. Dr. Gary Swenson, director of Breast Imaging at Forest Park Imaging Services, Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, criticized a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force report […]
November 18, 2009
Cancer screenings stir debate and controversy
Two cancer experts join Midday to answer questions about the latest research and guidelines for cancer screening: mammograms for breast cancer and PSA tests for prostate cancer. Guests Dr. Sandhya Pruthi: M.D. Director of the Breast Clinic at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Christopher Warlick: MD, PhD. Urologic Surgeon. University of Minnesota […]
Tags: cancer screening, mammograms, prostate