Breast cancer screening controversies
BB Green, SH Taplin - The Journal of the American Board of …, 2003 - Am Board Family Med
Background: The Cochrane Collaborative, a respected independent review body, recently
published a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of screening mammography in decreasing …
published a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of screening mammography in decreasing …
Screening for breast cancer: an update for the US Preventive Services Task Force
HD Nelson, K Tyne, A Naik, C Bougatsos… - Annals of internal …, 2009 - acpjournals.org
Background: This systematic review is an update of evidence since the 2002 US Preventive
Services Task Force recommendation on breast cancer screening. Purpose: To determine …
Services Task Force recommendation on breast cancer screening. Purpose: To determine …
Breast cancer screening: a summary of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force
LL Humphrey, M Helfand, BKS Chan… - Annals of internal …, 2002 - acpjournals.org
Purpose: To synthesize new data on breast cancer screening for the US Preventive Services
Task Force. Data Sources: MEDLINE; the Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry; and …
Task Force. Data Sources: MEDLINE; the Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry; and …
[BOOK][B] Breast cancer screening
D Fitzpatrick-Lewis, N Hodgson, D Ciliska, L Peirson… - 2011 - pmi.salta.gov.ar
Background: This systematic review is an update of the evidence since the 2001 Canadian
Task Force recommendations on breast cancer screening. Purpose: A decision was made to …
Task Force recommendations on breast cancer screening. Purpose: A decision was made to …
[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer screening update
MT Tirona - American Family Physician, 2013 - aafp.org
Breast cancer is the most common non–skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer
death in North American women. Mammography is the only screening test shown to reduce …
death in North American women. Mammography is the only screening test shown to reduce …
Updated results of the trials of screening mammography
DB Kopans - Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, 1997 - Elsevier
Most analysts agree that screening women for breast cancer can reduce the death rate by at
least 25% to 30%. In 1993 the National Cancer Institute created a great deal of confusion …
least 25% to 30%. In 1993 the National Cancer Institute created a great deal of confusion …
Screening for breast cancer
JG Elmore, K Armstrong, CD Lehman, SW Fletcher - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextBreast cancer screening in community practices may be different from that in
randomized controlled trials. New screening modalities are becoming available …
randomized controlled trials. New screening modalities are becoming available …
Breast cancer screening methods: a review of the evidence
M Vahabi - Health care for women international, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Breast cancer remains a major health problem among Canadian women. Efforts directed at
primary prevention of the disease are limited. Secondary prevention through screening …
primary prevention of the disease are limited. Secondary prevention through screening …
Barriers to screening for breast cancer
RA Smith, S Haynes - Cancer, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Despite strong epidemiologic evidence that screening for breast cancer with mammography
and clinical breast examination results in mortality reductions, and the considerable effort to …
and clinical breast examination results in mortality reductions, and the considerable effort to …
Beyond randomized controlled trials: organized mammographic screening substantially reduces breast carcinoma mortality
L Tabár, B Vitak, HHT Chen, MF Yen… - … Journal of the …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The efficacy of mammographic screening in the reduction of breast
carcinoma mortality has been demonstrated in randomized controlled trials. However, the …
carcinoma mortality has been demonstrated in randomized controlled trials. However, the …