Why mammography screening has not lived up to expectations from the randomised trials.

We analysed the relation between tumour sizes and stages and the reported effects on breast cancer mortality with and without screening in trials and observational studies. The average tumour sizes in all the trials suggest only a 12% reduction in breast cancer mortality, which agrees with the 10% r...

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Publicado en:Cancer Causes & Control Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 15 - 22
Autores principales: Gøtzsche PC, Jørgensen KJ, Zahl PH, Mæhlen J, Gøtzsche, Peter C, Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl, Zahl, Per-Henrik, Mæhlen, Jan
Formato: review Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2012
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