Thursday 3 May 2012

Neglecting to screen women between the ages of 40-49 years with mammography

Neglecting to screen women between the ages of 40-49 years with mammography: What is the impact on breast cancer diagnosis?  AJR, May 2012, Vol. 198(5), p.1218-1222.

Kremer, M.E., et al.

http://www.ajronline.org/content/198/5/1218.abstract?rss=1

The purpose of this study was to compare breast cancer stage at diagnosis in two groups of women between 40 and 49 years old: women undergoing screening mammography and women with a symptom needing diagnostic workup.