A New Method of Breast Cancer Screening & Prevention with Dr. Jenn Simmons

Episode Highlights With Dr. Jenn SimmonsThe downfall of imaging as breast cancer prevention is that this is really just early diagnosis and not preventionFar beyond cancer, there are a lot of benign changes in the breast that can cause stress for peopleWhy screening doesn’t improve outcomes as much as we once thoughtNo matter how many women we screen per year, the exact same number die of breast cancer and present with aggressive diseaseStatistically, mammograms don’t save lives or breasts and just have increased the risk of mastectomy How mammography may actually contribute to breast cancerMammography - if you screen 2,000 women, you can potentially save one woman but cause 10 who didn’t need it to be treated for breast cancerThe new type of imaging that is radiation-free and lower risk with better resolution and results How absurd it is that we are using a method that causes cancer to screen for cancerResources We MentionThe Smart Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer by Dr. Jenn SimmonsReal Health MD - websitePerfeQTion Imaging - imaging centers