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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(20):1511-1512; doi:10.1093/jnci/djg067
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© 2003 Oxford University Press

COMMENTARY

Mammography Screening: Are Women Really Giving Informed Consent? (Counterpoint)

Alfred O. Berg

Correspondence to: Alfred O. Berg, MD, MPH, Chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Box 356390, 1959 NE Pacific, Suite C-408, Seattle, WA 98195 (e-mail: aberg@u.washington.edu).

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In overviews of mammography trials and debates about mammography, at least one finding has been consistent: the mortality benefits of screening take longer to become apparent and the absolute benefits are smaller in women younger than age 50 years than in those age 50 years or older. The commentary by Dr. Baines proposes a novel partial explanation for this finding, arguing that screening and early surgery may actually increase breast cancer deaths in the short term for women with distant metastases while decreasing deaths in the long term for women whose disease . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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