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121 women undergo mammography test in Temeke District
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… Plus Progestin on Breast Cancer and Mammography in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health … -
RT Chlebowski, SL Hendrix, RD Langer, ML Stefanick … - Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 2003 - obgynsurvey.com
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Mammography use among sociodemographically diverse women: the accuracy of self-report -
JG Zapka - American Journal of Public Health, 1996 - Am Public Health Assoc
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and Covariates among Older Women in a Health Maintenance Organization Am. ...

Health beliefs and compliance with mammography-screening recommendations in asymptomatic women.
LS Aiken, SG West, CK Woodward, RR Reno - Health Psychol, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Changes in the use of screening mammography: evidence from the 1987 and 1990 National Health … -
N Breen - American Journal of Public Health, 1994 - Am Public Health Assoc
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Demographic predictors of mammography and Pap smear screening in US women -
EE Calle - American Journal of Public Health, 1993 - Am Public Health Assoc
... AM Stoddard, G. Colditz, and K. Peterson Intention to Have a Mammogram in the Future
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Preventive Care for Women--Does the Sex of the Physician Matter? -
N Lurie, J Slater, P McGovern, J Ekstrum, L Quam, … - New England Journal of Medicine, 1993 - content.nejm.org
... claims for mammography and Pap tests submitted by primary care physicians for 97,962
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… in mortality from breast cancer after mass screening with mammography. Randomised trial from the …
L Tabar, CJ Fagerberg, A Gad, L Baldetorp, LH … - Lancet, 1985 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... Group of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. ... of mass screening with
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Pap smear and mammogram screening in Mexican-American women: the effects of acculturation. -
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Medicare Coverage, Supplemental Insurance, and the Use of Mammography by Older Women -
J Blustein - New England Journal of Medicine, 1995 - content.nejm.org
... The Impact of a Physician Intervention Program on Older Women's Mammography Use.
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… of mammography and Pap test use from the 1987 and 1992 National Health Interview Surveys: are we … -
LM Martin, EE Calle, PA Wingo, CW Heath Jr - Am J Prev Med, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... Using data from the National Health Interview Survey Cancer ... In 1992, 67% of women
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Health Benefits, Risks Weighed For Mammography In 40-something Women

Article Date: 12 Dec 2006 - 20:00 PST
Conducting routine screening mammograms for women in their 40s is appropriate when the women and their doctors consider the benefits and the risks, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center breast oncologist.

In the Dec. 9 issue of The Lancet, Gary Lyman, M.D., M.P.H., co-authored a report with Benjamin Djulbegovic, M.D., from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida, addressing this controversial issue of mammography in younger women. The commentary was published in the journal to accompany a report of results of a clinical study of 160,000 women screened in their 40s compared to women who underwent mammography in their 50s. Lyman and Djulbegovic assessed this study and nine others published on the subject.

Doctors have long recommended routine screening mammography for women 50 and older. However, there has been much debate about whether the annual screening is necessary and safe for women under 50. The report cites the lack of reliable data that assesses the benefits and risks of screening for women ages 40 to 49.

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"Evidence shows that women aged 40 to 49 years undergoing screening mammography are consistently diagnosed earlier and may have a reduction in risk of death from breast cancer of approximately 16% or even greater if strictly compliant. However, there needs be a discussion of both the potential risks of radiation from mammography as well as the benefits of early detection if a cancer exists," said Lyman, professor of Medicine and Oncology at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.

Lyman and Djulbegovic studied 10 randomized controlled trials with nearly 400,000 women and found there was little change in estimated overall survival for women who initiated routine mammography testing in the 40 to 50 age range. In addition, mammography, which is the best technology currently available and universally accessible to women, is only approximately 85 percent accurate in most cases.

False-negative mammograms can provide unnecessary reassurance to women and delay diagnosis of breast cancer, whereas false positives may lead to unneeded invasive procedures. But the greatest uncertainty associated with mammography is the potential risk for radiation-induced breast cancer, according to the report.

While the overall reduction in death from breast cancer during the 10 to 15 years of follow-up in trials of screening mammography is clear, the anticipated peak for radiation-induced breast cancer occurs some 10 to 20 years after exposure, and the increased risk might extend throughout a woman's life, the report said.

The report concludes that although the best estimates of harm associated with screening mammography seem to be less than the benefits, they remain too uncertain to conclude with a high level of confidence that mammography in this age group has a consistent net benefit.

"Each woman needs to have a very personal discussion with her doctor about the potential risks and benefits of undergoing mammography before they reach 50,"Lyman said. "They need to decide whether the benefits outweigh the risks and the decision may be different for each woman. Clearly, if a young women's risk of breast cancer is at all increased due to family history and other factors, the benefit will almost always outweigh any risk."

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More than 210,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the United States making it the most common form of invasive cancer in women with more than 40,000 dying annually. Right now there are slightly over 2 million women who have survived breast cancer living in the U.S.

Contact: Leslie White
University of Rochester Medical Center
 
 
 
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