Critique screening similarities and differences
Film mammogram critique
According to the information gathered from the various health care organizations, it has been recommended that women who are aged between 40 to 54 years should undergo annuals screening provided they are not at higher risk. Despite that, the strict screening guidelines that are recommended by the American Cancer Society, National Breast Cancer Foundation, and USPSTF are considered to be more flexible because the whole exercise caters to all women who are more than 40 years old (Victoria & Andy, 2015). This stipulates the fact that each woman should undergo the same screening every two years. According to the guidelines provided by the National Breast Foundation, American Cancer Society, and USPSTF, it is evident that both of them do not guarantee the perspectives of mammograms to screen women are aged 75 years and above.
Comparison of cervical screening with the other tools
Cervical screening method
Benefits- On the other hand, the cervical screening method is perceived as effective because it is the ultimate lifesaving strategy. In the process of reducing the rate of cervical cancer development, it has the propensity of reducing morbidity and mortality rates in women.
Risks- according to research conducted regarding the significance of the cervical cancer screening method, it has been found out that such a technique has the potential of increasing harms to patients who might not have the likelihood of developing such an ailment. Since modern health care technologies are prone to false positives, the result in the detection of low-grade lesions which in return increases unnecessary treatments because of repeated Pap tests (Rajamanickam, 2018). As a result of that, it ends up increasing patient stigmatization.
Cholesterol screening method
Benefits- one of the main benefits that have been realized from this technique is that it has the propensity of reducing LDL (low protein lipoprotein. LDL is one of the well-recognized risk factors that increase the development of cardiovascular diseases.
Risks- although USPSTF indicates that there exists no harm when a patient is subjected to this clinical method, the patient servers from gastrointestinal symptoms because of bile acid sequestering (Ronald & Fabien, 2016). The accumulation of statins is what been realized to have the propensity of increasing the level of the elevated liver as well as that of creatine kinase.
Film mammography screening
Benefits – from the medical information collected regarding this technique, it has been realized that it has the propensity of the date rate of patients suffering from breast cancer. Furthermore, because of the numerous screening exercises a person undergoes, this technique enables physicians to detect the development of cancerous tumors at an early stage thus increasing the survival rate of patients.
Risks – in the process of using this technique, it becomes difficult to establish the magnitude of cancer because of overtreatment and over-diagnosis exercises conducted on the patient (Liane & Regina, 2016). Because of the false-positive clinical results obtained from this technique, it subjects a patient to multiple breast biopsies.
References
Liane, E.P & Regina, J.H. (2016). Breast Tomosynthesis E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences
Rajamanickam, R. (2018). Cervical Cancer: Screening, Treatment and Prevention - Universal Protocols for Ultimate Control. BoD – Books on Demand Press
Ronald, R.W & Fabien, D.M. (2016). Handbook of cholesterol: Biology, function and role in health and diseases. Wageningen Academic Publishers
Victoria, G & Andy, A. (2015). Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: Oncological Imaging. Elsevier Health Sciences
