Rational and Irrational Issues in Breast Cancer Screening

Evidence on the efficacy of breast screening from randomized controlled trials conducted in the last decades of the 1900s is reviewed. For decades, controversy about their results has centered on the magnitude of benefit in terms of breast cancer mortality reduction that can be achieved. However mor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cornelia J. Baines
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-01-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/3/1/252/