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Breast Cancer Screening
Interval breast cancer rates and screening accuracy assessed
June 16th, 2005
Scientists in Canada have "[compared] interval cancer rates, sensitivity, and specificity of breast cancer screening between women with moderate or strong family history and women without a family history" of the disease. E. Halapy and colleagues, of Cancer Care Ontario, explained, "From 1996 to 1997, 115,460 women aged 50 to 69 screened by the Ontario Breast Screening Program offering eligible women screening with mammography and clinical breast examination, were examined. Women were followed for up to 12 months after their screening examination. "Family history definitions were based on the number of affected first degree relatives and their ages...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-16)
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