Recommendations on screening for breast cancer in average-risk women aged 40–74 years

2011/11/21 by The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care · 2 citations
Medicine · #Global Cancer Incidence and Screening #Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection #Cancer Risks and Factors

paper · pdf · doi:10.1503/cmaj.110334

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Abstract

See related commentary by Gøtzsche on page [1957][1] and at [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.111721][2] Of the newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer in Canada, 80% were in women over the age of 50 years, and about 28% were in women aged 70 years or older ([Figure 1][3]),[1][4] with little

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