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The Big Squeeze: A Social and Political History of the Controversial Mammogram
By Reynolds, Handel
- ISBN
- 9780801450938
- Publisher
- ILR: Cornell Univ.
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Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Science and Technology
Many readers will remember the controversial decision in 2009 by a panel of medical experts (U.S. Preventative Services Task Force) that women should not undergo regular mammography screening until the age of 50, rather than beginning at 40. Here, breast radiologist Reynolds examines how this debate first started in 1976 and explains how the conversation about when to begin mammography scr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
