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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Pellerin, Renée, 1949-     Subjects     Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation.     Medical screening -- Evaluation.     Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors.     Breast -- Radiography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pellerin, Renée, 1949-       by title:      Conspiracy of hope :...       by call number:      616.99449075 P387c     Search the Web     Pellerin, Renée, 1949-     Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation.     Medical screening -- Evaluation.     Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors.     Breast -- Radiography.       MARC Display

Conspiracy of hope : the truth about breast cancer screening / Renée Pellerin. by Pellerin, Renée, 1949- Goose Lane Editions, 2018. Call #: 616.99449075 P387c Subjects Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation.   Medical screening -- Evaluation.   Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors.   Breast -- Radiography. ISBN:  9781773100388 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Truth about breast cancer screening Description:  285 p. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.99449075 P387c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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