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Mammography’s Shadows, IV: Hunting Cancer with X-Rays

All of us come into the world designed by evolution to survive.  Failing some rare mishap, we arrive equipped with immune systems ready to do battle with unfriendly biologic mischief makers.  The wizards within us that enable this microscopic life-preserving enterprise reside in the nuclei of our 75-100 trillion cells. Just as millions of  ‘0s’ […]

June 9, 2015 – 4:06 pm | By Sylvia Kraemer | Posted in Healthcare, Science and Policy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Mammography’s Shadows, III: The Campaign

Scientists at the National Cancer Institute recognized the limitations of the mammography screening trial conducted during 1963-1969 by the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP-GNY).  Those limits prevented the trial from supporting a widespread screening protocol for breast cancer among asymptomatic women of average risk. (See previous post, “Mammography’s Shadows, II:  Numbers and […]

May 26, 2015 – 4:57 pm | By Sylvia Kraemer | Posted in Healthcare, Science and Policy | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Mammography’s Shadows, II: Numbers and the First Large X-ray Screening Trial

Quantities, measured and analyzed with numbers and statistics, are the foundation of our ability to communicate the attributes of much of the physical world.   Mathematical formulas and calculus enable us to predict what will happen when we manipulate matter in motion.  Notations measuring differing lengths of vibrating strings can create the exquisite harmonies of the […]

May 15, 2015 – 5:38 pm | By Sylvia Kraemer | Posted in Healthcare | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)