Breast screening: some inconvenient truths (28 Oct 2010)

UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Breast screening: some inconvenient truths

Professor Michael Baum (UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences)

The pro-screening lobby is locked into a mindset dating back to the late 1980s. Since then our understanding of the biology of breast cancer and its treatment has moved on whilst the screening programme continues without modification based on the results of trials reported in 1987. This lecture will discuss some of the harmful problems of this over-diagnosing system, and will look at the need for radical change to bring the entire programme up to date with modern practice based on risk assessment and risk management.

This lecture marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• UCL Lunch Hour Lectures
• breast cancer
• breast cancer awareness month
• Professor Michael Baum
• UCL Medicine
• CRUK
• Cancer

[BunnyBoiler72]

@BewleyMs

If you think that's bad, the situation on cervical screening is even worse. When these tests first started, everyone expected great things, and by the time medics realised they were harming healthy people, it was too late to change anything. The Screening authorities have spent decades convincing us gals how *very important* these tests are, they are NEVER going to be honest and admit they've been feeding us a pack of lies all this time.

[lynnieley]

had a first mammogram, age 54. they requested a 2nd level, found some 'suspicious' areas, asked me to schedule a biopsy. i told them no. now, doing my research, and finding this video, i've decided to pretend i never had that mammogram, skip the biopsy, and live my life. BTW, my risk level is rock bottom. interesting that NO ONE asked me about my lifestyle and family history...slap leather and start cutting. grrr.

[BewleyMs]

Very interesting – and utterly shocking. Why on earth is this info kept from the general public? I don’t get it! 

[govindmalwad]

It was very useful about truthful facts regarding Breast Cancer.