US EditionBenefits and Harms of Annual, Biennial, or Triennial Breast Cancer Mammography Screening for Women at Average Risk of Breast Cancer: a Systematic Review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC)
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Benefits and harms of annual, biennial, or triennial breast cancer mammography screening for women at average risk of breast cancer: a systematic review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC)
Although mammography screening is recommended in most European countries, the balance between the benefits and harms of different screening intervals is still a matter of debate. This review informed the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (BC) recommendations. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library to identify RCTs, observational or modelling studies, comparing desirable (BC deaths averted, QALYs, BC stage, interval ca…
Some 18,500 women die of breast cancer every year in Germany. According to experts, mammography prevents thousands of deaths.
With mammography screenings, breast cancer can be detected earlier, which increases the chances of healing. The president of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection explains that the benefits of screenings are underestimated.
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The current study also shows that the radiation risk of the examination is low. Why the Essen expert Sherko Kümmel is still not satisfied.
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