Preventive health care, 2001 update: screening mammography among women aged 40–49 years at average risk of breast cancer

J Ringash… - Cmaj, 2001 - Can Med Assoc
Objective: A previous review by the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health
Examination (now the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care) in 1994 indicated …

Is routine mammography screening appropriate for women 40-49 years of age?

AB Miller - American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 1991 - ajpmonline.org
This article reviews the evidence about screening for breast cancer. Results are now
available from four randomized trials—one quasi-experimental study and three case control …

Effectiveness of mammography screening in reducing breast cancer mortality in women aged 39–49 years: a meta-analysis

MC Magnus, MA Ping, MM Shen… - Journal of women's …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Background: Mammography screening of women> 50 years of age significantly reduces
breast cancer mortality in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We sought to evaluate the …

Efficacy of screening mammography among women aged 40 to 49 years and 50 to 69 years: comparison of relative and absolute benefit

K Kerlikowske - JNCI Monographs, 1997 - academic.oup.com
In randomized controlled trials, screening mammography has been shown to reduce
mortality from breast cancer about 25% to 30% among women aged 50 to 69 years after …

Benefit of mammography screening in women ages 40 to 49 years. Current evidence from randomized controlled trials

CR Smart, RE Hendrick, JH Rutledge III, RA Smith - Cancer, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Eight randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of screening mammography were
conducted involving women ages 40 to 49 years at entry. Current data gathered for periods …

The Stockholm Mammographic Screening Trial: Risks and benefits in age group 40-49 years

J Frisell, E Lidbrink - JNCI Monographs, 1997 - academic.oup.com
This article presents updated data on breast cancer mortality for women under age 50 from
the Stockholm Mammographic Screening Trial, as well as a review of some side effects …

Canadian National Breast Screening Study-2: 13-year results of a randomized trial in women aged 50–59 years

AB Miller, T To, CJ Baines, C Wall - Journal of the National …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Background: Screening for breast cancer with mammography in women aged 50 years or
more has been shown to reduce mortality from breast cancer. However, the extent to which …

Breast cancer screening: a summary of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force

LL Humphrey, M Helfand, BKS Chan… - Annals of internal …, 2002 - acpjournals.org
Purpose: To synthesize new data on breast cancer screening for the US Preventive Services
Task Force. Data Sources: MEDLINE; the Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry; and …

A trial to study the effect on breast cancer mortality of annual mammographic screening in women starting at age 40

S Moss - Journal of Medical Screening, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Although there is clear evidence from randomised trials of the effectiveness of
mammographic screening in women over 50 in reducing mortality from breast cancer, the …

Effective biennial mammographic screening in women aged 40–49

G van Schoor, SM Moss, JDM Otten, R Donders… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The United Kingdom is currently moving the age limit for invitation in its
national breast screening programme downwards from 50 to 47. In contrast, the US …