10/30/2025
๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก.
๐ฉบ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐จ๐ค โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆโ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ
Recently, weโve had several patients decline ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ, requesting ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ instead.
Our staff traced this to a growing ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐.
When I searched โno mammogram,โ the first hit was a blog claiming โSwitzerland was the first country to ban mammography.โ
That claim is ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐.
Switzerland never banned mammograms โ one region simply reviewed its screening process over a decade ago.
As a radiologist who follows the ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ (๐๐๐), the ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐), and the ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐๐๐๐), I can say with confidence:
๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ.
So why are patients turning away?
Because ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
When misinformation spreads, silence is not neutral โ it is harmful.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐:
1๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
2๏ธโฃ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐.
3๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ.
4๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ โ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ.โ Thatโs why we call you back โ about 5โ10% of the time. Over 95% of those follow-ups are benign.
5๏ธโฃ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐, ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. We will be transparent about urgency and next steps.
It is time for ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ, to post, explain, and re-engage.
Patients deserve decisions based on ๐๐๐ญ๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ค๐ฌ.
~ Jason S. Davis, MD, FACR, Fort Jesse Imaging Chief of Radiology
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