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. 2019 May;65(5):331-336.

Quality of the screening process: An overlooked critical factor and an essential component of shared decision making about screening

James A Dickinson  1 , Roland Grad  2 , Brenda J Wilson  3 , Neil R Bell  4 , Harminder Singh  5 , Olga Szafran  6 , Guylène Thériault  7
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Quality of the screening process: An overlooked critical factor and an essential component of shared decision making about screening

James A Dickinson et al. Can Fam Physician. 2019 May.
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Figure 1.
Effects of a screening test: Balance of large benefits for a few compared with smaller harms for many.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Abnormal call rate* for second and subsequent mammograms for women aged 50 to 69, by provincial program: 2011 and 2012 screen years. Photo credit: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. AB—Alberta, BC—British Columbia, CA—Canada, MB—Manitoba, NB—New Brunswick, NL—Newfoundland and Labrador, NS—Nova Scotia, NT—Northwest Territories, ON—Ontario, PE—Prince Edward Island, QC—Quebec, SK—Saskatchewan. Reproduced from Canadian Partnership Against Cancer with permission. *Abnormal call rate is the percentage of screening mammogram findings that are identified as abnormal.
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Comment in

  • Breast cancer screening.
    Gordon PB. Gordon PB. Can Fam Physician. 2019 Jul;65(7):457-459. Can Fam Physician. 2019. PMID: 31300424 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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