Sarah Palin: Cancer Screenings - Rational Advice or Rationed Care?

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[SolidWood]

Cancer Screenings - Rational Advice or Rationed Care?

It was a breath of fresh air to finally hear the Democrats admit to their health care bill as “a lot of show and tell and razzmatazz,” (see Democrat talking points, in reference to my book). At least now we’re all on the same page when discussing the problems with their monstrous government health care “reform” plan.

Now, tonight, more disconcerting news – the New York Times reports of new guidelines to scale back cervical cancer screenings. The recommendation from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists comes on the heels of another recommendation to limit breast cancer screenings with mammograms. There are many questions unanswered for me, but one which immediately comes to mind is whether costs have anything to do with these recommendations. The current health care debate elicits great concern because of its introduction of socialized medicine in America and the inevitable rationed care. We need to carefully watch this debate as it coincides with Capitol Hill’s debate and determine whether we are witnessing the early stages of that rationed care before the Senate bill is rushed through as well.

[SolidWood]

Also great pics from her book tour:

Sarah Palin: Going Rogue Tour!

This one had me wondering for a moment who the real Sarah is! LOL!

[SolidWood]

Dear Ping,

I’ll be very busy until monday... Virgina Ridgerunner is replacing me as the Palin pinger until I’m back.

Cheers!

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Wow! Had to do a double take. Unfreekin believable. Wonder if that is the others’ natural looks of mayhaps “adjusted” slightly? lol Thanks.

[Once-Ler]

There are many questions unanswered for me, but one which immediately comes to mind is whether costs have anything to do with these recommendations. The current health care debate elicits great concern because of its introduction of socialized medicine in America and the inevitable rationed care.

I had the same reaction when I heard the goverment was recommending later and fewer mammogram screenings. Rationing already.

[Right Wing Assault]

I’ll take both of them.

[who knows what evil?]

How’s that ‘hope and change’ working out for you ladies? Oh, well...he does have a purty smile...

[Waco]

The shorter woman standing there looks like the lib on one of the TV talk shows, can’t remember her name.

[agere_contra]

Sarah Palin has a stunt double!

[libbytarian]

Margaret Carlson

[Melian]

Thanks for all you do!

[Aria]

Thank you for all your pinging!

I love Sarah and you can see by the looks on the people’s faces that they love her too. Oh how I hope I get the chance to vote for her.

Have a nice weekend, SolidWood.

[ExcursionGuy84]

In one of the pictures at the link, the table that Sarah is sitting at is positioned right under the ceiling-hung sign that says "RELIGION".

Those B&N managers have a sense of humor. Heh-heh.

[MajorThomas]

Breast cancer survival among women under age 50: is mammography detrimental?

Stacey-Clear A, McCarthy KA, Hall DA, Pile-Spellman E, White G, Hulka C, Whitman GJ, Mahoney E, Kopans DB.

Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.

Comment in:

* Lancet. 1992 Dec 19-26;340(8834-8835):1538-9; author reply 1539-40.

* Lancet. 1992 Dec 19-26;340(8834-8835):1538; author reply 1539-40.

* Lancet. 1992 Dec 19-26;340(8834-8835):1538; author reply 1539-40.

* Lancet. 1992 Dec 19-26;340(8834-8835):1539-40.

Great uncertainty exists about the benefit of detecting breast cancer by mammography in women under 50 years of age. We have reviewed the survival of patients aged 49 years or less whose cancers were detected by mammography alone. 117 women under the age of 50 years were diagnosed with breast cancer between 1978 and 1991 based only on an abnormal mammogram. Ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) was found in 47 (40%) of these women, whilst 70 (60%) had infiltrating ductal or infiltrating lobular carcinomas. During the same interval, 928 women in this age group presented with palpable breast cancer. DCIS was diagnosed in 82 (9%) of these women, whilst 846 (91%) had infiltrating carcinoma. Among the infiltrating cancers detected by mammography alone, 50% were stage I, whilst only 30% of the women with palpable cancers were stage I. Five-year survival for all mammographically detected cancer patients was 95%, whereas for women with palpable cancers the survival was 74% (p < 0.00005).

If DCIS is not included, the corresponding survivals are 91% for mammographically detected infiltrating cancers and 72% for palpable infiltrating cancers. Only 1 woman who died among those with palpable cancer had had a mammogram before diagnosis. Our data contradict the suggestion that women under 50 are put at a survival disadvantage by undergoing mammography.

We believe that investigators who have reported negative results in this age group must examine other causes for their results.