Optimal breast cancer screening strategies for older women: current perspectives
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Optimal breast cancer screening strategies for older women: current perspectives
Breast cancer is a major cause of cancer-related deaths among older women, aged 65 years or older. Screening mammography has been shown to be effective in reducing breast cancer mortality in women aged 50-74 years but not among those aged 75 years or older. Given the large heterogeneity in comorbidity status and life expectancy among older women, controversy remains over screening mammography i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Interventions in Aging
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1178-1998
DOI: 10.2147/cia.s65304