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Breast Cancer
Reports outline breast cancer research from K. Kerlikowske and colleagues
December 18th, 2007
According to recent research from the United States, "Whether a recent large decline in use of postmenopausal hormone therapy after the release of the Women's Health Initiative findings in July 2002 and/or a decline in screening mammography use is related to a recently reported decline in breast cancer incidence in the United States is controversial. We prospectively collected data from four screening mammography registries from January 1997 through December 2003 for 603411 screening mammography examinations performed on women aged 50-69 years." "Of these women, 3238 were diagnosed with breast cancer within 12 months of a screening examination. We calculated quarterly...
Source: cancer weekly (2007-12-18)
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