Benefit of screening mammography in women aged 40-49: a new meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Each reported that screening mammography reduced the risk of death from breast cancer, with relative risk reductions ranging from 3% to 32%.
However, many early detection mammograms are performed as diagnostic mammography, without assurance of quality.
Relationship of barriers and facilitators to breast selfexamination, mammography and clinical breast examination in a worksite population.
The contralateral tumor is usually diagnosed by mammography and is commonly the lower staged tumor.
The benefits of screening mammography must be weighed against its potential harms.
The study reveals a much higher compliance rate when women are directly invited for mammography.
However, the sensitivity and specificity of mammography for breast cancer detection varies widely between radiologists.
