Flawed inferences about screening mammography's benefit based on observational data

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 639-640

  Berry, Donald A ^a   Baines, Cornelia J ^b   Baum, Michael ^c   Dickersin, Kay ^d   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^e   Gøtzsche, Peter C ^f   Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl ^f   Junod, Bernard ^g   Mæhlen, Jan ^h   Schwartz, Lisa M ^k   Welch, H Gilbert ^k   Woloshin, Steven ^k   Thornton, Hazel ⁱ   Zahl, Per Henrik ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Nordic Cochrane Centre   (Denmark)

^g EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^h ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 59149090345     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.9341     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Badgwell BD, Giordano SH, Duan ZZ, et al: Mammography before diagnosis among women age 80 years and older with breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 26:1-8, 2008
2. American Society of Clinical Oncology: Women 80 and older benefit from mammography, but few are screened. http://www.asco.org/