TY  - JOUR
T1  - BEnefits of screening mammography
AU  - Berg WA
Y1  - 2010/01/13
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.1993
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 168
EP  - 169
VL  - 303
IS  - 2
N2  - 
Breast cancer is a leading cause of premature death for women in their 40s, and mammographic screening significantly reduces the risk of death due to breast cancer. The latter was the conclusion of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of screening mammography.1 The USPSTF concluded, however, that the absolute benefit from routine mammographic screening of women in their 40s was too low to offset the harms. As a woman in her 40s, and a radiologist specializing in breast imaging, I find their conclusions puzzling.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1993
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1993
ER  -