KQED Radio
KQED Newssee more
Latest Newscasts:KQEDNPR
Player Sponsored By
upper waypoint

Study Raises Questions About Value of Mammograms

at
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

 (MYCHELE DANIAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Mammograms are catching more cancers but not saving more lives, according to new data from a 25-year study by researchers in Canada. We’ll talk to two leading local breast cancer experts about what the report means for patients.

Guests:

Karla Kerlikowske, professor of medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine and physician at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Susan Kutner, chair of Kaiser Permanente Northern California's Breast Care Task Force and chair of The Interregional Breast Care Leaders Group

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
NPR's Sarah McCammon on Leaving the Evangelical ChurchKQED Youth Takeover: We’re Getting a WNBA TeamRainn Wilson from ‘The Office’ on Why We Need a Spiritual RevolutionForum From the Archives: Remembering Glide Memorial's Cecil WilliamsErik Aadahl on the Power of Sound in FilmKQED Youth Takeover: How Can San Jose Schools Create Safer Campuses?Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Major Homelessness CasePercival Everett’s Novel “James” Recenters the Story of Huck FinnHave We Entered Into a New Cold War Era?KQED Youth Takeover: How Social Media is Changing Political Advertising