Erschienen in:
04.11.2020 | Viewpoint
Overzealous Women’s Health Screening? My Story
verfasst von:
Rani Marx, PhD, MPH
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 9/2021
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Excerpt
For decades, my yearly gynecology check-ups included pelvic exams, PAP smears, and breast exams. In my mid-forties, my primary care physician strongly recommended annual mammograms. Around that time, I started getting annual ultrasounds of a small ovarian cyst, an incidentaloma detected via an unrelated MRI. I have no risk factors for breast, ovarian, or cervical cancer. …