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Mammographic screening before age 50 years in the UK: comparison of the radiation risks with the mortality benefits

Mammographic screening before age 50 years is less effective than at older ages and the associated radiation risks are higher. We estimated how many breast cancer deaths could be caused and how many could be prevented by a decade of annual two-view mammographic screening starting at ages 20, 30 and...

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Autores principales: Berrington de González, A, Reeves, G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16136033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602683