Jenn Simmons, MDThe Doctor with The Answer to Breast Cancer

Why are we forcing women to have Mammograms?

Name: Why are we forcing women to have Mammograms?
Uploaded: 2025-05-23T14:22:52+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Channel: Jenn Simmons, MD
Description: Jenn Simmons, MD (speaker) raises concern that millions of women eligible for breast cancer screening avoid screening because they refuse mammograms, and…

23 May 2025 · 1 min

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Jenn Simmons, MD (speaker) raises concern that millions of women eligible for breast cancer screening avoid screening because they refuse mammograms, and reports that women who request ultrasound screening are often forced to undergo mammography by doctors and imaging centers. She calls this a broken system that lacks patient support and asks viewers if they have had similar experiences.

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Here's an issue that we really need to deal with. There are millions, not thousands, millions of women who are eligible to screen for breast cancer who simply do not screen for breast cancer because they do not want to undergo mammogram. So they are forgoing screening. And these same women, when they approach their doctors or when they go to the imaging center and they request ultrasound for screening, they are literally forced to undergo mammogram. And they're not getting support from their doctors. They're not getting support from the imaging centers. They are literally told that they cannot have an ultrasound to screen without having a mammogram. This is wrong. This is a very broken system and it is not benefiting the patients. So I don't know if you have had this experience because I know people are reaching out to me every day being told that they are forced to get a mammogram. Tell me, have you had an experience like this.