What to Know Before Saying Yes to Routine ScreeningsWhat to Know Before Saying Yes to Routine Screenings
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What to Know Before Saying Yes to Routine Screenings

Screening can catch disease early–or turn healthy people into patients.
The Smart Patient’s Playbook
Part 7
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Donna Pinto didn’t give her fourth mammogram screening much thought. Like a dental cleaning, it was routine—but this time, she received a callback. Within weeks, she was being scanned, biopsied, and advised to consider surgery.

There was one problem, however: She wasn’t sure that she was sick.

A compiled single record of an otherwise scattered medical history can be critical in preventing delayed diagnosis and unnecessary testing.
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