Hospital Crisis and Obamacare

[Pam]

Avenger wrote:
[quote=Pam]


1.6 million biopsies are done each year. 90% are benign.

How did they KNOW it is benign? That's right, they did a biopsy! Here is another example you could use. 90% of people who bought collision coverage never had an accident. Why did they bought coverage one wonders?
Radiologists label findings as highly suspicious, suspicious, most likely benign, benign, and no findings. Obviously the only way to be 100% is to do a surgical biopsy. That is expensive, deforms, and has it's own risks. A surgeon could also miss the cancer! Needle biopsy, which is not as simple as you may think, may or may not hit the appropriate area or return definitive results so it's not 100%. Unless there are suspicious radiological findings or a family history with lesser findings all that is needed is close follow up. If that. Unfortunately anything other than no findings start a process of needle biopsies which can lead to unnecessary surgical biopsies (same patients), and in some cases mastectomies that were not viewed as preventative.

This is why money should be spent on understanding the cause(s) and different types of cancer. Some will never kill the woman (just like prostrate), some will be very aggressive. In situ is being treated as if it were invasive or guaranteed to be invasive.

Anyone who thinks 90% is acceptable, that time, money, and stress for 1.4 million American women each year is acceptable really doesn't give a flip about women.