Recommendations on screening for breast cancer in average-risk women aged 40–74 years
Author:
- The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health CareTCThe Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Open Access
- 21 November 2011
- journal article
- practice guideline
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 183 (17) , 1991-2001
Abstract
See related commentary by Gøtzsche on page [1957][1] and at [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.111721][2] Of the newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer in Canada, 80% were in women over the age of 50 years, and about 28% were in women aged 70 years or older ([Figure 1][3]),[1][4] with littleKeywords
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