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Sarah’s Choice: Breast Cancer and Mammogram Screening Decisions

Sarah’s Choice: Breast Cancer and Mammogram Screening Decisions

Amy Price
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 2156-1818|EISSN: 2156-180X|EISBN13: 9781466631250|DOI: 10.4018/ijudh.2013010105
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Price, Amy. "Sarah’s Choice: Breast Cancer and Mammogram Screening Decisions." IJUDH vol.3, no.1 2013: pp.33-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijudh.2013010105

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Price, A. (2013). Sarah’s Choice: Breast Cancer and Mammogram Screening Decisions. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 3(1), 33-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijudh.2013010105

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Price, Amy. "Sarah’s Choice: Breast Cancer and Mammogram Screening Decisions," International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH) 3, no.1: 33-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijudh.2013010105

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Abstract

The utility of screening mammograms is debated amidst reviews of lead-time bias and high false positive rates. Medical communities are highly invested with equipment and labor to fulfill screening mandates. It is an emotive topic, as 1 in 12 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Survival rates are rising but still death from breast cancer is tragic and painful. It is against this backdrop the author assists Sarah (pseudo-name), who is a 39 year old woman make a choice about mammogram screening.

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