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Mammographic Screening for Breast Cancer
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A 44-year-old woman in good health, who has no family history of breast or ovarian cancer, asks about mammography. She had a normal screening mammogram 18 months ago but has recently read that mammograms may not be useful. What should her physician advise?
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Screening for Breast Cancer: Recommendations and Rationale
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force* (2002) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-5_part_1-200209030-00011 · Cited by 456
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- Authors
- Fletcher, S. W., & Elmore, J. G.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2003-04-24
- Volume
- 348
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 1672-1680
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W1983190542
- Cited by
- 378
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 22.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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