Conspiracy of Hope
eBook - ePub

Conspiracy of Hope

The Truth About Breast Cancer Screening

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Conspiracy of Hope

The Truth About Breast Cancer Screening

About this book

An explosive book that exposes the truth about breast cancer screening.

For decades, women have been told that mammograms save lives. Yet many scientists say that this is in fact not true. Conspiracy of Hope reveals how breast cancer screening was introduced in the US before there was any good evidence it made any difference, and an unfounded belief in early detection caught on quickly in Canada and other developed countries. Today the evidence is starkly clear. Screening does more harm than good. Still women, and their doctors, continue to buy into a myth perpetuated by greed, fear, and wishful thinking.

Conspiracy of Hope illustrates how a vortex of interests came together to make breast screening standard medical practice and why it's so hard to persuade them they are wrong. The radiologists, the imaging machinery manufacturers, and the pink ribbon charities are all part of that story. It is a tale of back-stabbing and intrigue, of exploiting fear and hope, while distorting and misrepresenting the evidence. Or simply ignoring it.

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Information

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781773100395
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Health Care Delivery

Index

A
Affordable Care Act 156, 158
Age Trial (UK) 239
American Cancer Society 15, 45, 46, 48–50, 52, 54–61, 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 93, 95, 98, 119, 120, 130, 149, 150, 151, 175, 176, 210, 222, 226, 241
American College of Physicians 88, 95
American College of Radiology 40, 58, 95, 107, 120, 156, 167, 175
American Journal of Public Health 27
American Journal of Roentgenology 34, 83, 84, 91, 101
American Roentgen Ray Society 168
Anderson, Jack 54
Annals of Internal Medicine 50, 54, 88, 107, 115, 149, 155, 233
Association of Canadian Radiologists 77, 81
AuntMinnie.com 87, 96, 174, 175
B
Bailar, John C. 49, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 59, 63, 65, 66, 110, 111
Baines, Cornelia; education 21, 22, 24, 30–32; early career 18–19; family 17–19, 21, 24, 28; publications 14, 19, 23; Canadian National Breast Screening Study 1980s 50, 65, 67, 68, 73–76, 78, 80–83, 85, 161, 167, 170, 180, 199, 203, 239, 240, 245; Canadian National Breast Screening Study 1992 34, 35, 93, 101, 104, 107, 109, 116, 133, 141, 201, 205; Canadian National Breast Screening Study 2000 and 2002 152, 161; Canadian National Breast Screening Study 2014 14, 87, 161–63, 165, 170, 194, 241; reviews and criticism of work 146, 147, 151, 152, 158; the Great Deb...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Introduction: How Can Size Not Matter?
  7. One: Trouble from the Get-Go
  8. Two: Pap Test for the Breast
  9. Three: The Mammogram Wars Begin
  10. Four: Conspiracy of Hope
  11. Five: When Radiologists Attack
  12. Six: A Dissenter Within
  13. Seven: Brutal Politics
  14. Eight: Vindication
  15. Nine: Slings and Arrows
  16. Ten: Is It Even Cancer?
  17. Eleven: Lessons from the Mammogram Wars in England
  18. Twelve: Kept in the Dark
  19. Conclusion: If Not Mammograms, What?
  20. References
  21. Acknowledgements
  22. Index