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Screening mammography: setting the record straight. Authors' reply
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2002-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now.read more
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Lung cancer • 2: Screening and early diagnosis of lung cancer
TL;DR: Technical developments in spiral CT scanning mean that considerably smaller lung cancers can now be identified than with previous methods of detection, which will result in a reduction in the number of deaths from lung cancer.
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The impact of organised screening programmes on the stage-specific incidence of breast cancer in some Italian areas
Eva Buiatti,Alessandro Barchielli,Simone Bartolacci,Massimo Federico,V. De Lisi,Lauro Bucchi,Stefano Ferretti,Eugenio Paci,Nereo Segnan,Rosario Tumino +9 more
TL;DR: The results confirmed the increase in early-stage cancers occurring at the start of screening, and substantially explained the rise in breast cancer incidence, and confirmed the importance of cancer registries in monitoring the effect of breast cancer screening.
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The debate on breast cancer screening with mammography is important
TL;DR: The balance between possible benefits and harms is delicate, which underlines the need for honest information to women also on harms and individual decision making rather than blanket recommendations.
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Is it worth screening women over 70 for breast cancer--or indeed any women?
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Gøtzsche’s quixotic antiscreening campaign: nonscientific and contrary to Cochrane principles
TL;DR: It is contention that the earlier diagnosis of breast cancer through screening mammography is the most important influence on the reduction in breast cancer– specific mortality witnessed over the past decade.