Canadian National Breast Screening Study Public Health Implications: A Clinician's Perspective
โ Scribed by J.S. Caines, G.P. Konok and B.A. Wright
- Book ID
- 125143289
- Publisher
- Canadian Public Health Association
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 474 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-4263
- DOI
- 10.2307/41990912
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The recent reports from the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS) address the effectiveness of breast cancer screening for women in the 40-49 age group and the benefit of adding mammography to standard clinical breast examination in women aged 50-59. Overall, the CNBSS results do not show
## Abstract The CNBSSโ2 among women aged 50โ59 did not show any significant difference in breast cancer mortality between a control arm screened annually by CBE and a study arm screened by CBE and mammography. Because of this design, the benefit of screening compared to no screening could not be ev