Quality medical practice is based on science and evidence. For over a half-century, the
efficacy of breast cancer screening has been challenged, particularly for women aged 40 …

Mammography screening fulfills all requirements for an effective screening test. It detects
many cancers earlier when they are at a smaller size and earlier stage, and it has been …

2015). The evidence demonstrated that screening mammography in women aged 40 to 69
years is associated with a reduced number of breast cancer deaths. However, in younger …

With so much debate about the value of screening mammography and with the emergence
of newer technologies, it seems reasonable to ask whether screening mammography, as we …

Multiple large-scale, randomized controlled trials throughout the world have demonstrated
screening mammography significantly reduces a woman's risk of dying from breast cancer …

BACKGROUND The concept underlying screening is that, by detecting potentially lethal
cancers in a population at an earlier point than when those cancers would surface clinically …

Among women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading
cause of cancer-related death in the world. 1 In the United States, breast cancer is the …

Despite strong epidemiologic evidence that screening for breast cancer with mammography
and clinical breast examination results in mortality reductions, and the considerable effort to …

The balance between benefits and harms is delicate for cancer screening programs. By
attending screening with mammography some women will avoid dying from breast cancer or …

I t was déjà vu all over again. A body of independent scientists conducted a comprehensive
review of the evidence and concluded that the net benefit of screening mammography for …