I know all about boobs, nuts, and everything in between.
But as far as cancer goes, boobs are far riskier than nuts. That’s why we have mammograms but not junk-o-grams :)
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Nuts are tender. They’d never survive the smashing of the junk-o-gram machine.
My wife gets 30 lbs. I tell her to take Tylenol before she goes.
Little known fact: compression helps with image contrast, making cancer stand out more. From 1990 to 2011, tomosynthesis existed but wasn’t FDA approved because it didn’t work as well as regular mammogram.
But why? Shouldn’t getting slices like a CT through the breast be better than just a plain xray of the breast?
Well, to somewhat over simplify, the first two decades physicians weren’t thinking, they were using tomo to avoid compressing the breast because women complain about compression. A generation of women didn’t get tomo because some idiot physician was trying to be nice instead of rigorous about the physics of cancer and medical imaging.
I have testicular cancer I don't recommend.
Wishing you well and fast! 🫂
Indeed. Get prompt care. Most do well and I pray you do as well.
I’m sorry to hear, sending you healing vibes and hugs 🫂
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What is your take on mammograms being very traumatic to breast tissue and a possible cause of breast cancer?
Good point
Largely nonsense.
1) risk of breast cancer for average woman 1 in 12; risk of mammogram causing breast cancer 1 in 70,000
2) compression is part of how image contrast is generated. Tomosynthesis (like CT of the breast) was around in 1990 and doctors spent 20 years to realize compression is still necessary even with “slices” through the breast. It wasn’t FDA approved until 2011 because everyone was trying to avoid compression.
Thank you!