Mammograms testing misses cancers. PSA testing finds too many. Problems with the explosion of medical testing and their costs have made this a top-level health policy issue
Mammograms miss up to a fifth of cancers
Joanna Frketich
The Hamilton Spectator
(Jun 21, 2010)
Cancer went undetected for two years in a breast cancer survivor who was under the care of an oncologist and getting yearly mammograms.
A family doctor doing a regular breast exam in April finally caught what two mammograms and a cancer specialist appear to have missed. Judy Gibson's cancer is back and likely has been since 2008, believes her current radiologist.
"I was outraged," said Gibson, a 53-year-old grandma from St. Catharines.
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