Open AccessArguments Against Mammography Screening Continue to be Based on Faulty Science
Author(s) -
Kopans Daniel B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0184
Subject(s) - overdiagnosis , medicine , mammography , breast cancer , mammography screening , breast cancer screening , cancer screening , cancer , medical physics , intensive care medicine , family medicine
Each year there are now more than 30% fewer deaths from breast cancer than there would have been had screening not been initiated. Therapy has improved, but treatment saves lives when breast cancer is found earlier. Analysts who have claimed that excess cancer detection is indicative of overdiagnosis have ignored the fundamentals.