Thursday 13 June 2013

Screening has not reduced deaths from breast cancer

Screening has not reduced deaths from breast cancer. BMJ 2013; 346: f3780

Wise, J.

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Mammographic screening has not had any effect, so far, on breast cancer mortality at the population level in England, a new analysis concludes.