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Breast Cancer Screening
Radiation risks compared to the mortality benefits for mammographic screening
October 20th, 2005
Radiation risks were compared to the mortality benefits for mammographic screening for women >50 years of age. Scientists in England report, "Mammographic screening before age 50 years is less effective than at older ages and the associated radiation risks are higher. They estimated how many breast cancer deaths could be caused and how many could be prevented by a decade of annual two-view mammographic screening starting at ages 20, 30 and 40 years, respectively, in the UK; for all women, and for women with first-degree relatives affected with breast cancer." de Gonzalez and Reeves "extrapolated from a radiation risk model to estimate the number...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-20)
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