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. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):727.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-a.

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: overdiagnosis in the Malmö trial was considerably underestimated

Peter C Gøtzsche

PMID: 16565135
PMCID: PMC1410834
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-a

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Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: overdiagnosis in the Malmö trial was considerably underestimated

Peter C Gøtzsche. BMJ. 2006.

. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):727.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-a.

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Peter C Gøtzsche

PMID: 16565135
PMCID: PMC1410834
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-a

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Mammographic screening and mortality from breast cancer: the Malmö mammographic screening trial.
Andersson I, Aspegren K, Janzon L, Landberg T, Lindholm K, Linell F, Ljungberg O, Ranstam J, Sigfússon B. Andersson I, et al. BMJ. 1988 Oct 15;297(6654):943-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6654.943. BMJ. 1988. PMID: 3142562 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Rate of over-diagnosis of breast cancer 15 years after end of Malmö mammographic screening trial: follow-up study.
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