S creening mammography guide-lines have been heatedly debated since 1975, not only in
medical journals and at medical conferences but also in our nation's newspapers …

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 …

Since the 1960s, multiple randomized clinical trials have measured differences in breast
cancer mortality between women 40 and 70 years of age who were offered screening …

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

Breast cancer remains the most common nonskin cancer among women and a leading
cause of morbidity and mortality. Early detection through screening and advances in …

The recent US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines on mammographic
screening ignore the scientific evidence and should be rescinded. There are no data to …

The randomization procedure in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (NBSS) is
assessed in this issue (see pages 193 to 199) by Drs. John C. Bailar III and Brian …

Furthermore, because of noncompliance of study group women in obtaining screening and
the use of mammography among women in thecontrolgroups, theobservedmortalityrate …

We review the apparent disparities between different reviews of the effects of
mammographic screening on mortality from breast cancer and overdiagnosis. When results …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to examine the scientific evidence considered by
the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in recommending against …