 San Francisco and
- H. Gilbert Welch, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Research and co-author of the study “Effect of Three Decades of Screening Mammography on Breast Cancer Incidence.”
During the webinar we will:
- Deconstruct the “early detection saves lives” mantra
- Analyze the benefits and harms of mammography
- Explain the effect three decades of screening mammography has had on breast cancer incidence
- Help to translate the science around overdiagnosis and overtreatment related to mammography
- Discuss what all this information means for you
Join us on Tuesday March 12th 1pm (PST)/4pm (EST) or Thursday March 14th 9am (PST)/12pm (EST) for this free webinar to learn about the risks and benefits of mammography and help inform a woman’s personal decision on timing and frequency of screening.
*Breast Cancer Action recognizes that mammograms have an important but fundamentally limited role and should be part of, not all of, a strategy to address the breast cancer epidemic.