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Review
. 2015 May;99(3):451-68.
doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2015.01.002. Epub 2015 Mar 5.

Breast cancer screening: an evidence-based update

Mackenzie S Fuller  1 , Christoph I Lee  2 , Joann G Elmore  3
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Review

Breast cancer screening: an evidence-based update

Mackenzie S Fuller et al. Med Clin North Am. 2015 May.

Abstract

Routine screening mammography is recommended by most groups issuing breast cancer screening guidelines, especially for women 50 years of age and older. However, both the potential benefits and risks of screening should be discussed with individual patients to allow for shared decision making regarding their participation in screening, age of commencement and conclusion, and interval of mammography screening.

Keywords: Breast cancer screening; Breast self-examination; Clinical breast examination; Informed decision making; MRI; Mammography; Overdiagnosis.

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Figure 1
Mammograms of varying breast densities from a craniocaudal view: (a) almost entirely fat, (b) scattered fibroglandular densities, (c) heterogeneously dense, and (d) extremely dense.
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Figure 2
Invasive cancer as seen by the following modalities: (a) screening mammogram, (b) ultrasound, and (c) MRI.
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Figure 3. Breast Cancer Screening RCTs
Results of a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials of breast cancer screening. From Glasziou P, Houssami N. The evidence base for breast cancer screening. Prev Med. 2011 Sep;53(3):100-2; with permission.
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