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Breast cancer screening: Time for rational discourse
Author(s) -
Brawley Otis W.,
O'Regan Ruth M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.28788
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , breast cancer , mammography , breast cancer screening , gynecology , family medicine
Breast cancer screening has limitations, but most of the evidence demonstrates that it saves lives. Women still should be encouraged to have screening mammograms but also should be made aware of their limitations.