Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Kenza yemazamu ndiyo honzeri yechipiri inowanzokonzera rufu rwemukenza pakati pevakadzi vokuAmerica. U.S. inoshandisa $4 bhiriyoni (£2.7 bhiriyoni) gore negore pamari yokurapwa isiri madikanwa nemhaka yema mammograms anogadzira nyevero dzenhema uye pakurapwa kwemamota amazamu asingabviri kukonzera zvinetso, mushumo mutsva wakazivisa kudaro. Chidzidzo chacho, chakabudiswa mumagazini yeHealth Affairs musi weMuvhuro, chakafungidzira nhamba yevakadzi vane makore 40 kusvika ku59. Inoumbwa nemadhora mabhiriyoni 2,8 anobva pakuongororwa kwemamammograms kwakaipa uye mamwe madhora mabhiriyoni 1,2 anobva pakuongororwa kenza yemazamu zvakawandisa - kurapwa kwemamota anokura zvishoma nezvishoma kana kuti asingatombokura uye asingambokwanisi kuva chirwere chinotyisidzira upenyu. Kenza yemazamu ndicho chikonzero chechipiri chinowanzokonzera rufu rwekenza pakati pevakadzi vokuAmerica, ichiuraya vanhu vanenge 41 000 pagore. Kuongororwa ma mammogram gore negore kunotanga pazera ramakore 40 kwave kuchionekwa kwenguva refu sechinhu chakarovedzeka chokutarisira kudzivirira, nokuti kenza iri nyore kurapa kana ikaonekwa nokukurumidza. Asi munguva pfupi yapfuura kwave kune kusawirirana pamusoro pokuongororwa nguva dzose kwavakadzi vari mumakore avo okuma40. Vanyori vokudzidza Mei-Sing Ong, mushandi anotsvakurudza paBoston Children's Hospital, naKenneth Mandl, purofesa paHarvard Medical School, vanoti zvavakawana zvinoratidza kuti mutengo wokurapa kenza yemazamu zvakanyanyisa unoratidzika kuva wakakwirira zvikuru kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa kare. Mari yavo inosvika mabhiriyoni mana emadhora ndiyo iri pakati nepakati pemwero unotsamira pakufungidzira pamusoro pemipimo yemamammograms anobuda zvakanaka zvisiri izvo uye kuongororwa kwakanyanyisa kwekenza yemazamu. Kunze kwemari inodiwa pakuongorora uye kurapa, kuongororwa kusina kururama uye kuongororwa zvakawandisa kunoita kuti vakadzi vave mungozi yokuita mamwe marapirwo, tisingatauri nezvokutambura mupfungwa. Hazvishamisi kuti mammograms iwane chimwe chinhu chisina kujairika chinofanira kugadziriswa nokuongororwa kwemifananidzo kwakawanda kana kuti biopsy. 'Tiri kutarisira kuti mutengo wemari wechinetso ichi uchabetsera kuderedza zvikuru mutengo wavanhu,' akadaro Mandl. 'Mashoko acho maviri pamwe chete ane simba. Chokwadi chokuti iri harisi dambudziko bedzi, asi chinetso chinodhura zvikuru chatinokarira chichakurumidzisa kuedza kuedza kugadzirisa...
Kudzidza kunofungidzira chiverengero chegore negore chavakadzi vane makore 40-59 okukura. Kenza yemazamu ndiyo kenza yechipiri inouraya zvikurusa pakati pavakadzi veAmerica. Mumwe mutsoropodzi anoti hapana kuedza kuenzanisa zvinodhura nezvinobatsira.