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Mammographic screening and mammographic patterns

Mammography is an effective screening modality for the early detection of breast cancer. The reduction in breast cancer mortality is greater for women aged over 50 at screening than for women aged under 50. Mammography can also contribute to an understanding of the biology of breast cancer. Screenin...

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Autores principales: Day, Nick, Warren, Ruth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC138783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11250716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr64
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description Mammography is an effective screening modality for the early detection of breast cancer. The reduction in breast cancer mortality is greater for women aged over 50 at screening than for women aged under 50. Mammography can also contribute to an understanding of the biology of breast cancer. Screening trials provide good evidence for the dedifferentiation of a cancer as it develops over time, and the age dependency of this dedifferentiation explains much of the age difference in the effectiveness of screening. Mammographic density is an important predictor of future breast cancer risk, and has potential as an early endpoint in breast cancer prevention trials. Mammographic density is also an important determinant of mammographic screening sensitivity.
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spelling pubmed-1387832003-02-27 Mammographic screening and mammographic patterns Day, Nick Warren, Ruth Breast Cancer Res Commentary Mammography is an effective screening modality for the early detection of breast cancer. The reduction in breast cancer mortality is greater for women aged over 50 at screening than for women aged under 50. Mammography can also contribute to an understanding of the biology of breast cancer. Screening trials provide good evidence for the dedifferentiation of a cancer as it develops over time, and the age dependency of this dedifferentiation explains much of the age difference in the effectiveness of screening. Mammographic density is an important predictor of future breast cancer risk, and has potential as an early endpoint in breast cancer prevention trials. Mammographic density is also an important determinant of mammographic screening sensitivity. BioMed Central 2000 2000-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC138783/ /pubmed/11250716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr64 Text en Copyright © 2000 Current Science Ltd
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Mammographic screening and mammographic patterns
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC138783/
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