In our opinion, which is based on evidence accrued over decades of scientific research on
breast cancer screening, and countless, independent expert peer reviews of the study …

Few medical issues have been as controversial—or as political, at least in the United States—
as the role of mammographic screening for breast cancer. The advantages of finding a …

SUMMARY A series of prospective randomized controlled trials of breast cancer screening
convincingly demonstrated the efficacy of an invitation to mammography to reduce breast …

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

This article discusses the results and implications of the recently published findings of the
Swiss Medical Board Panel on the benefits and harms of mammography screening …

Background: This systematic review is an update of the evidence since the 2001 Canadian
Task Force recommendations on breast cancer screening. Purpose: A decision was made to …

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 late 1980s, there has been broad agreement, with invitation to screening in
women aged 40–49 years and a significant 27% reduction in women aged 50–74 with few …

A woman whose breast cancer is detected through screening is on average 50% less likely
to die from her disease [1, 2]. Only a tiny fraction of the population being screened each year …

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 …