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Melanie Kwestel’s last mammogram was so excruciating she hasn’t gone back for another in four years.“My doctor is angry with me," says the 59-year-old from Fair Lawn, N.J. "My gynecologist is angry with me. And I feel guilty.”No one knows how many women in the U.S. or Europe skip mammograms because they had a painful experience. But it’s enough of a concern that a group of Dutch research
Melanie Kwestel’s last mammogram was so excruciating she hasn’t gone back for another in four years.“My doctor is angry with me, says the 59-year-old from Fair Lawn, N.J. My gynecologist is angry with me. And I feel guilty.”No one knows how many women in the U.S. or Europe skip mammograms because they had a painful experience. But it’s enough of a concern that a group of Dutch research
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