Stephanie Butland

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Tag: breast cancer diagnosis

A question of overdiagnosis

The news in the UK yesterday was all about a report suggesting that breast cancer is over diagnosed, but on balance screening is still worth doing.
The full news story is here.
For what it’s worth, I think it’s always worth knowing, providing that we remember that:
- no-one can be sure of anything where cancer is concerned. [...]

Bah! Revisited: Happy Anniversary

As you will well know if you’ve known more for more than five minutes, maybe six – my attention to detail is not brilliant. I’m often roughly in the right ballpark: my train yesterday morning was leaving at elevenish from Newcastle or Alnmouth, if that cake doesn’t look right a couple of glugs of milk [...]

Bah! revisited: Before it begins

I posted this first in February 2011. I think this is probably a good time to repost: there are new people here all the time. Be well, Bah! friends.
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Last week at the hospital really reinforced for me just how scary the diagnosis stage of breast cancer is – even if the lump turns out to [...]