# Mammograms for men **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-for-men/962020 "2022-03-31T00:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-for-men/962020/10 "2022-03-31T20:27:02Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The result would be a mammogram un an undistorted, un-squashed boob. The reason it wasn’t done, I was told, was that it cost a lot more and took a lot longer. But the advantages in interpreting results for an undistorted organ, not to mention patient comfort, would make up for that, I thought. Yes, but they’re FEMALE organs. And females are used to pain and discomfort, don’tcha know. Why throw a bunch of $$ at a problem that’s never really gonna go away. * * * * * * If anyone is interested (FYI), we discussed this topic back in December. This is not to imply that the current, perfectly valid discussion shouldn’t continue right here. (I’m lookin’ at you, [@NJS36](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-smith-punched-chris-rock-at-the-oscars-last-night/961826/400)) > [@Let's reinvent the mammogram so it isn't effing torture!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reinvent-the-mammogram-so-it-isnt-effing-torture/944901/208): > > Interesting development. Researchers (one of whom has had breast cancer) have developed AI that can read mammograms in greater detail than the human eye. This would not do away with mammograms, but could lead to more wise and strategic use. Here are a few snippets to give you the idea, but they are by no means, the whole picture. This is a 2,800-word story. I used the share link, so it should not be paywalled. … As she and her team laid out in [an article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology](https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.21.01337) … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-for-men/962020)._