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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 533822" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Like anything else in life, there is a balance between risk and benefits. If you broke your leg, or if J broke his, would you research x-rays before having one done? But a succession of x-rays, especially when young, does carry "some" risk of cancer later. The way our specialist explained it, here they don't like to start regular mammograms until age 50, as that seems to be where statistically the benefits of early detection, and the risk of breast cancer, outweigh the (very slight) risks from the radiation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 533822, member: 11791"] Like anything else in life, there is a balance between risk and benefits. If you broke your leg, or if J broke his, would you research x-rays before having one done? But a succession of x-rays, especially when young, does carry "some" risk of cancer later. The way our specialist explained it, here they don't like to start regular mammograms until age 50, as that seems to be where statistically the benefits of early detection, and the risk of breast cancer, outweigh the (very slight) risks from the radiation. [/QUOTE]
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