Importance Patients need to consider both benefits and harms of breast cancer screening.
Objective To systematically synthesize available evidence on the association of …

The breast cancer screening programmes in the United Kingdom currently invite women
aged 50–70 years for screening mammography every 3 years. Since the time the screening …

This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
Supplement. Background: In 2009, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended …

Objectives Overdiagnosis, the detection through screening of a breast cancer that would
never have been identified in the lifetime of the woman, is an adverse outcome of screening …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Each year the American Cancer Society (ACS)
publishes a summary of its recommendations for early cancer detection, a report on data …

Objectives To construct a European 'balance sheet'of key outcomes of population-based
mammographic breast cancer screening, to inform policy-makers, stakeholders and invited …

Objective To determine the optimal method for quantifying and monitoring overdiagnosis in
cancer screening over time. Design Systematic review of primary research studies of any …

Mammography screening is the only method presently considered appropriate for mass
screening of asymptomatic women. Its frequent use, however, warrants diligent analysis of …

Objective To elicit women's responses to information about the nature and extent of
overdiagnosis in mammography screening (detecting disease that would not present …

The article focuses on breast cancer screening for the early detection and treatment of
breast cancer. It states that early treatment and detection of breast cancer help to improve …