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**provigil** · 08-05-2012, 10:41 PM

However, how does conventional mammography stack up? How many lives are saved, compared to false positives (requiring invasive testing, or worse)?

Depends on who does the tests. If you pay for the tests, the results are pretty good. If you go through the free screening system, you can end up with more false negatives.

08-05-2012, 10:41 PM	#11
provigil Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	However, how does conventional mammography stack up? How many lives are saved, compared to false positives (requiring invasive testing, or worse)? Depends on who does the tests. If you pay for the tests, the results are pretty good. If you go through the free screening system, you can end up with more false negatives.
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