It was brought to my attention today that there is a government health care task force that claims all women get too many mammograms and that self-examination is worthless.
I would like to know who is on this task force and what research they did to come to these conclusions. There are women out there who are at risk for breast cancer or are high-risk cancer patients. I lost
my mother to breast cancer when I was 11 years old. She had double mastectomies and countless radiation treatments. If she had had the benefit of the technology and knowledge of early detection she
may have survived. I am 62 now and have been getting a mammogram since I was 32 at my request.
Breast cancer is not an issue to take lightly and every woman in this country has a right to the technology and research today. Early detection is the key. Now this task force comes along and says no
you don’t. You don’t need it every year and you should wait until you are 40 years old before you get your first mammogram. Never mind self-examination, it’s totally unnecessary. I want to know who
these people are and what gives them the right to dictate to me how and when to keep my body healthy.
CHERYL BELCHER
Dumfries
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