Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in our country and the leading cause of
death. Globally, throughout the world, and Portugal is no exception, its incidence has been …

Early detection of breast cancer has been shown to reduce breast cancer deaths in
randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of mammography in women aged 50–69 years, with …

Breast cancer screening is a public health challenge. Belgium has the worldwide highest
age-standardized breast cancer incidence. It ranks third in terms of specific mortality. The …

The new england journal of medicine n engl j med nejm. org e31 (2) sis that was made
when the woman was in her 40s, and breast cancer is a leading cause of premature death …

Mammographic screening for the detection of breast cancer has been the subject of a
divisive debate for more than 20 years. Major arguments against screening have been the …

Consensus is still lacking on guidelines for breast-cancer screening with mammography:
who should be screened, how frequently at what age, to what benefits and at what risks …

Despite a high false-positive rate, screening mammography fails to detect one in five breast
cancers and even fewer in women with dense breasts. New technologies have been …

A decline in breast cancer mortality has been observed in western European Countries
since the middle of the 1990s. Different methodological approaches, including case-control …

Breast cancer is still a major public health issue worldwide; according to present estimates,
1 million women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. There are no longer any …

Brussels, the capital of the European Union, has hosted the second EBCC, which was
organised by EORTC, EUSOMA and Europa Donna. There were approximately 500 …