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Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Detection method for identifying breast cancer is prognostically important

"Screening mammography detects breast cancers earlier than those detected symptomatically, and so mammographically detected breast cancers tend to have better prognoses," according to scientists in the United States. "The so-called stage shift that results from screen detection is subject to lead-time and length biases, and so earlier detection may not translate into longer survival."

Y. Shen and colleagues "used data from three large breast cancer screening trials - Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of New York and two Canadian National Breast...

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