Sorting Through the Arguments on Breast Screening Arguments for or Against Breast Screening

Marmot MG. — Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Views on the benefits and harms of breast cancer screening are sharply polarized and increasingly vocal. Allegations of harming women are flung in both directions. The antiscreeners claim that benefit is minimal and overdiagnosis is so frequent that women are being subject to unnecessary interventions and treatment. The proscreeners claim that if the critics win the day, women will be deprived of the benefits that screening brings of early diagnosis and reductions in mortality from breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Screening Conflicting Guidelines and Medicolegal Risk Breast Cancer Screening

Kachalia A, Mello MM. — Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

There is considerable inconsistency and controversy in today's guidelines regarding breast cancer screening. Although the presence of a wide range of professionally endorsed options arguably gives physicians a broader set of clinically valid choices, these options may paradoxically leave clinicians feeling more exposed to claims of malpractice.

JAMA: Breast Cancer Topic Collection

Sorting Through the Arguments on Breast Screening Arguments for or Against Breast Screening

Breast Cancer Screening Conflicting Guidelines and Medicolegal Risk Breast Cancer Screening