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I-Team: FDA halts mammograms at St. Louis imaging center after review
A viewer reached out to 5 On Your Side after receiving an alarming letter about the facility she relied on for her annual mammograms.
Author: PJ Randhawa, Erin Richey (KSDK)
Published: 8:55 PM CDT November 4, 2021
Updated: 12:08 PM CDT November 5, 2021
ST. LOUIS — Doctors say that time is of the essence in a cancer diagnosis. Mammograms are a screening tool intended to catch breast cancer as early as possible, even when a self-exam shows no reason for concern.
A call to the 5 On Your Side I-Team revealed that, for thousands of women in our area, mammograms at a specific imaging center may have given them a false sense of security.
Kristi Howard was a patient at Watson Imaging Center in late 2017. She had done a self-exam and wanted a professional opinion.
I-Team: FDA halts mammograms at St. Louis imaging center after review
A viewer reached out to 5 On Your Side after receiving an alarming letter about the facility she relied on for her annual mammograms.
Author: PJ Randhawa, Erin Richey (KSDK)
Published: 8:55 PM CDT November 4, 2021
Updated: 12:08 PM CDT November 5, 2021
ST. LOUIS — Doctors say that time is of the essence in a cancer diagnosis. Mammograms are a screening tool intended to catch breast cancer as early as possible, even when a self-exam shows no reason for concern.
A call to the 5 On Your Side I-Team revealed that, for thousands of women in our area, mammograms at a specific imaging center may have given them a false sense of security.
Kristi Howard was a patient at Watson Imaging Center in late 2017. She had done a self-exam and wanted a professional opinion.
