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 Mammo ain’t perfect. But that doesn’t mean it’s worthless. A lot of organizations dislike how much gets spent on women and some make slightly bullshitty pussy foot recommendations regarding imaging…like don’t start until age 50 or every other year is just fine…in a mathematical sense, they’re not wrong there just not maximally right. It all depends on how much value you attach to a woman’s life…

I also do all the prostate MRI in my county. You’d be amazed at how much gets spent to keep male sexual function intact in comparison to early breast cancer detection (on a per person basis…prostate cancer is more common, but far more common to die with rather than of).