They are
You don't know what you're saying. They do find most of the tumours in breasts in Spain. Women fail to feel them sometimes, or just can't be bothered to do the check themselves.

He's been told as well as an oncologist, how to check for them. And not only breast, but ovaries and uterus cancers or cysts, using ultrasound. That's how most of them are found too, on your annual visit to the gynecologist. An early diagnose is the most important thing to fight cancer.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 16:49, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

OK, but
if he's specialising in both gynaecology AND oncology he's going to be no better than average at both. There's a reason for extreme specialism in the medical profession.

Ovarian and uterus and cervical cancers are absolutely picked up in your biannual screen here too. But not by the bloke that does the smear, by the lab it's sent to, which is a specialist oncology lab. I'm sure that's same in Spain.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 17:03, Reply)

You see?
I don't know what that biannual screen is. I only get a smear test every 5 years here.

The Gyn specializes on women's reproductive system, and that includes spotting the beginning of a cancer or a cyst. Maybe that's why his degree takes 7 years + 3 of training at the hospital.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 17:17, Reply)

that's odd
every woman I've ever lived with has had it every 2 years. Bi-annual. sorry for confusing words.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 17:23, Reply)