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ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie2016

CJS debate: Is mammography useful in average-risk screening for breast cancer?

Muriel Brackstone, Steven Latosinsky, Elizabeth Saettler, Ralph George

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Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The mammography debate: the senior years.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2016
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  3. An atypical presentation of infiltrating ductal carcinoma.Journal of family medicine and primary care
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Muriel BrackstoneFrom the St. Joseph's Healthcare Breast Clinic, London, Ont. (Brackstone, Latosinsky, Saettler); the Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont. (Brackstone, Latosinsky, Saettler); and the CIBC Breast Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont. (George).
Steven LatosinskyFrom the St. Joseph's Healthcare Breast Clinic, London, Ont. (Brackstone, Latosinsky, Saettler); the Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont. (Brackstone, Latosinsky, Saettler); and the CIBC Breast Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont. (George).
Elizabeth SaettlerFrom the St. Joseph's Healthcare Breast Clinic, London, Ont. (Brackstone, Latosinsky, Saettler); the Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont. (Brackstone, Latosinsky, Saettler); and the CIBC Breast Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont. (George).
Ralph GeorgeFrom the St. Joseph's Healthcare Breast Clinic, London, Ont. (Brackstone, Latosinsky, Saettler); the Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont. (Brackstone, Latosinsky, Saettler); and the CIBC Breast Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont. (George).

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summaryGiven recent the debate over breast cancer screening that was reignited by the 25-year follow-up data from the Canadian National Breast Screening Study, the Canadian Journal of Surgery commissioned a group of Canadian experts to debate the value of screening mammography. We discuss the Canadian study and summarize the arguments in favour of and against screening mammography for average-risk patients. We also provide summary recommendations for the use of mammography.

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AdultBreast NeoplasmsCanadaDiagnostic ErrorsFemaleHumansMammographyMiddle AgedPractice Guidelines as TopicPrognosisRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID26574707
PMCPMC4734922

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