Should women under 50 be screened for breast cancer?
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Moss, S
Document Type
Journal Article
Date
2004-08-02
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Abstract
Despite some controversy in recent years, the majority of experts agree on the evidence for effectiveness of breast screening by mammography for women aged 50 years and above, but for those under 50 years, the picture is much less clear. However, the issue remains of importance both to policy makers and to individual women; although the incidence of breast cancer is lower at younger ages, the life years lost due to cancers diagnosed below 50 years amount to a third of all those lost due to the disease.
Citation
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, 2004, 91 pp. 413 - 417
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Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
ISSN
0007-0920
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Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit (DoH)