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Editorial
. 2020 Dec;10(12):2401-2407.
doi: 10.21037/qims-2020-26.

Breast cancer screening: in the era of personalized medicine, age is just a number

Andrea Cozzi  1 , Simone Schiaffino  2 , Paolo Giorgi Rossi  3 , Francesco Sardanelli  1   2
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Editorial

Breast cancer screening: in the era of personalized medicine, age is just a number

Andrea Cozzi et al. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2020 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/qims-2020-26). SS reports non-financial support from Bracco Imaging, personal fees from General Electric Healthcare, outside the submitted work. PGR reports: as principal investigator of an independent study, funded by the Italian Ministry of Health, I conducted negotiations with Roche Diagnostics, Hologic, and Becton Dickinson, to obtain reagents at reduced price or for free. I am the Italian coordinator of the MyPeBS trial and I was involved in the design of the Tailored Breast Screening Trial. I published opinions, based on both evidence and personal views, in favor of organized screening programs instead of opportunistic screening. FS reports grants from Horizon 2020 project funding, grants and personal fees from General Electric Healthcare, grants and personal fees from Bracco Group, grants and personal fees from Bayer Healthcare, outside the submitted work. The other author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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