Continuation of Annual Screening Mammography and Breast Cancer Mortality in Women Older Than 70 Years
- 25 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 172 (6), 381-+
- https://doi.org/10.7326/m18-1199
Abstract
There is debate over the age at which mammography screening for breast cancer should cease. This study informs that debate by estimating the effect of continuing breast cancer screening with mammog... Visual Continuation of Screening Mammography in Women Older Than 70 Years There is debate over the age at which mammography screening for breast cancer should cease. This study informs tha... Background: Randomized trials have shown that initiating breast cancer screening between ages 50 and 69 years and continuing it for 10 years decreases breast cancer mortality. However, no trials ha...Funding Information
- National Cancer Institute (K99-CA207730, R01-CA164023, P01-CA134294)
- National Institutes of Health (R01-HS023128)
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