The Pitfalls of the War on Breast Cancer [Does traditional screening more harm than good? And what does “awareness” even mean??]
Sitting alone on the exam table, in a paper gown and feeling naked in more ways than one, I stared down at the number on the card in my hand. It was for a geneticist so I could be tested for the BRCA gene, a known marker for breast cancer. “It’s time, Charlotte,” my doctor …