Abstract Purpose of Review Breast cancer screening is highly controversial and different
agencies have widely varying guidelines. Yet it is currently used extensively in the USA and …

Background The case–control design can be used to evaluate the benefit of cancer
screening programmes. Materials and methods This paper outlines the main methodological …

OBJECTIVE. The debate over the value of screening mammography is rekindled with each
new published study or guideline. Central to the discussion are the uncertainties about …

Differing interpretations about evidence on benefits and harms of screening mammography
has led to conflicting recommendations among different jurisdictions that range from …

The recent Cochrane review on mammographic breast cancer screening disclosed no
convincing reduction of breast cancer mortality, together with an increase in the number of …

Importance Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among US women.
Mammography screening may be associated with reduced breast cancer mortality but can …

Breast cancer mortality is declining in most high-income countries. The role of
mammography screening in these declines is much debated. Screening impacts cancer …

The CNBSS‐2 among women aged 50–59 did not show any significant difference in breast
cancer mortality between a control arm screened annually by CBE and a study arm …

Abstract The University of California, San Francisco, Mobile Mammography Screening
Program is a low-cost, community-based breast cancer screening program that offers …

Overdiagnosis is the concept that some cancers detected at screening would never have
become clinically apparent during a woman's lifetime in the absence of screening. This …