Arguments Against Mammography Screening Continue to be Based on Faulty Science
- 27 January 2014
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Oncologist
- Vol. 19 (2), 107-112
- https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0184
Abstract
Each year there are now more than 30% fewer deaths from breast cancer than there would have been had screening not been initiated. Therapy has improved, but treatment saves lives when breast cancer is found earlier. Analysts who have claimed that excess cancer detection is indicative of overdiagnosis have ignored the fundamentals.Keywords
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