On Behalf of our Breasts: The Dark Side of Screening

Overview

Breast cancer kills. But are blanket screening programs that screen all women, rather than just those with symptoms, doing more harm than good? Controversially, studies into the effects of these programs show they do not reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer. Healthy women are receiving unnecessary diagnoses of pre-cancerous conditions that are unlikely to develop and many are harmed by unnecessary treatment. We follow four women around the world facing the fear of cancer.