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Breast Cancer
Effectiveness of a mammography screening service assessed
September 29th, 2005
The effectiveness of a mammography screening service was recently assessed. "According to scientists in Australia, "Trials have shown that mammography screening reduces mortality and probably decreases morbidity related to breast cancer." C. Clayforth and colleagues "assessed whether the major mammography service in Western Australia (BreastScreen WA) is likely to reduce mortality by comparing prognostic variables between screen-detected and other cases of breast cancer diagnosed in 1999. They assessed likely reductions in morbidity by comparing treatments received by these two groups." "To confirm mortality and morbidity reduction," the authors...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-29)
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