ArticleDeutsches Arzteblatt international2008
Benefit and risk of mammography screening: considerations from an epidemiological viewpoint.
Article in Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Breast Awareness, Self-Reported Abnormalities, and Breast Cancer in Rural Ethiopia: A Survey of 7,573 Women and Predictions of the National Burden.The oncologist · 2021Article
- A cross-sectional study on informed choice in the mammography screening programme in Germany (InEMa): a study protocol.BMJ open · 2014Article
- Our readers' voice. Letters to the editor are an important component of the discussion of scientific articles, in Deutsches Arzteblatt as in other journals. our correspondence pages reflect a diversity of opinion thanks to the love of debate among our readers--and thanks to a few rules.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2009Article
- [Mammography screening. Concept, quality assurance and interdisciplinary cooperation].Der Pathologe · 2008Article
- Imaging studies for the early detection of breast cancer.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2008Article
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Abstract
introductionAn organized mammography screening program is being implemented in Germany since the end of 2005. Even before its inception, a heated debate surrounded the question of how to communicate its rationale appropriately.
methodsSelective literature review identifying facts relevant to informing decision making about mammography attendance.
resultsDecision making about individual attendance for mammography screening is crucially dependent on the reduction of risk of death from breast cancer for a diseased woman. This can be communicated in the following way: out of 100 women with a diagnosis of breast cancer 31 will die within the following 10 years without screening and 20 with screening (35% fewer). DISCUSSION: The actuarial concept of risk is defined by the probability of the undesired event multiplied by the expected magnitude of loss. This approach appears more appropriate for the appraisal of risk in the context of mammography screening than a pure event probability. It could help understand why women attend screening even if they perceive the risk of getting breast cancer as low--namely, that they rank the consequences of getting the disease as highly significant for themselves and others in their social environment.
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