By: Julie Marron & Thomas Nearney
Each year, nearly 40 million women in the United States obtain screening mammograms for the early detection of breast cancer. For 40% of them – over 15 million women – a mammogram alone is an ineffective screening tool. This information is systematically withheld from these patients, who often rely on false and misleading mammogram results. Our analysis demonstrates that between 40,000 and 45,000 women each year receive false negative mammogram reports, meaning that their cancer is allowed to spread undetected and untreated.
False negative mammograms are not reported or tracked in the United States. However, their impact on the lives of these women and their families is tragic, as an estimated 10,000 will die as a result of the undetected cancer…
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