Guidelines against self-exams for breast cancer ignite firestorm

Guidelines against self-exams for breast cancer ignite firestorm

Mary Ivey didn't have a family history of breast cancer or a genetic mutation putting her at high risk for the disease. At 37, she was too young for an annual mammogram. But one day in March, she did a routine self-exam, as her doctor had instructed her, just in case.

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