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Starting biennial screening mammography at age 40 could cut cancer deaths in Black women by 57%, according to a model study of 100 million women published October 18 in the @AnnalsofIM
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@TranspariMED
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Starting biennial screening mammography at age 40 could cut cancer deaths in Black women by 57%, according to a model study of 100 million women published October 18 in the @AnnalsofIM
auntminnie.com/index.aspx?sec…
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1. This is a model without any observational data.
2. This is ridiculous: there is less than 20 million black women in the USA.
3. According to all long term observational studies, we hardly see any benefit of mammography screening on cancer deaths in women over 50 ...
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2. This is ridiculous: there is less than 20 million black women in the USA.
3. According to all long term observational studies, we hardly see any benefit of mammography screening on cancer deaths in women over 50 ...
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, for whom screening should be more effective.
4. Most countries do not recommend screening before 50.
5. The authors do not take into account the fact that mammography screening has actually caused a breast cancer epidemic (Corcos & Bleyer, NEJM)
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4. Most countries do not recommend screening before 50.
5. The authors do not take into account the fact that mammography screening has actually caused a breast cancer epidemic (Corcos & Bleyer, NEJM)
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