Great news ladies! Women under 50 not at risk anymore!

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Originally Posted by jujuwwhite

If only 1 life is saved, it is well worth it.

Then why are we settling for just one mammogram a year after age 40? Why don't we do screenings every month after age 20? A couple people in their 20's and 30's get breast cancer too, and the cancer can develop a fair amount in a whole year. If we do the screenings every month and also start at a younger age, then we'll catch more cancers early. Sure it will be expensive, but a few more lives will be saved. It will be well worth it.

The answer, of course, is that there are limited resources. It's important to use science and medical knowledge to tell us where it's best to target our efforts so we get the most bang for the buck.

For some reason, fighting breast cancer is super popular. It's a good thing for sure, but it's not rational that it's at the expense of everything else. The number one cause of death for women is coronary heart disease. Twice as many women in the United States die of cardiovascular diseases as from all forms of cancer, including breast cancer. Why aren't women all up in arms over the fact that you don't get annual stress tests? Your heart is much more important. How much plaque is built up in your arteries? Have you ever had any kind of test to tell you that? Since you're most likely to die of that, don't you think it's important?