Review: mammography reduces breast cancer mortality rates
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Effect of mammography on breast cancer mortality.
Practice Pointers Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer (after skin cancer) in U.S. women.2 Most primary care physicians recommend screening mammography in women every one to two years starting at 40 to 50 years of age. Widespread use of mammography and improvements in breast cancer treatment are thought to be responsible for the drop in breast cancer mortality since about ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1356-5524
DOI: 10.1136/ebm.8.2.45