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Multicenter Study
. 2006 Mar 4;332(7540):538-41.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.538.

Content of invitations for publicly funded screening mammography

Karsten Juhl Jørgensen  1 , Peter C Gøtzsche
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Multicenter Study

Content of invitations for publicly funded screening mammography

Karsten Juhl Jørgensen et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

The benefits and harms of screening for breast cancer are delicately balanced and women should decide for themselves, on an informed basis. Do the invitations give enough information to enable this?

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How many women understand the full implications of screening? Credit: GARO/PHANIE/REX
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