Mammography screening was associated with a increase in rates for breast cancer surgery in women and also an increase in mastectomy rates.
- 9-15-2011
http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4692
Conclusions Mammography screening in Norway was associated with a noticeable increase in rates for breast cancer surgery in women aged 50-69 (the age group invited to screening) and also an increase in mastectomy rates. Although over-diagnosis is likely to have caused the initial increase in mastectomy rates and the overall increase in surgery rates in the age group screened, the more recent decline in mastectomy rates has affected all age groups and is likely to have resulted from changes in surgical policy.
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