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On assessing the effect of breast cancer screening schemes
Author(s) -
Brawley Otis W.
Publication year - 2017
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.30840
Subject(s) - harm , medicine , breast cancer , population , breast cancer screening , cancer screening , cancer , family medicine , internet privacy , mammography , social psychology , environmental health , computer science , psychology
Our goal should be to provide truthful, balanced information so that women can make informed choices about when to start screening for breast cancer. A woman who is making a decision about screening is more interested in her personal chances of benefit and risk of harm and is less interested in the benefits to the population.See also pages 3673‐80.