Breast Cancer

Mortality not reduced by mammography, said University of Toronto study

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 3rd, 2002

Women in their 40s who receive annual mammography screening do not have a better chance of surviving breast cancer than those who receive usual care from their personal physician, report University of Toronto researchers in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study-1.

"After an average 13-year follow-up, our research shows no mortality benefit from mammography screening in this age group in spite of the fact that mammography diagnosed far more cancers," said Dr. Anthony Miller, a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Medicine's public health sciences department and lead author of the study in the September 3, 2002, issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. ...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-10-03)

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