Screening for breast cancer with mammography

By P. Gøtzsche, M. Nielsen. medRxiv, 2024

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Primary breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. (2015, background): “The evidence for effectiveness of mammography screening in women aged 40–49 years is limited [9].”
“A 16-yr Follow-up of the European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer” (2019, background): “Although it is difficult to compare screening programmes, at 16 yr, the NND in the Swedish centre was as low as 7 and comparable with that of breast cancer [15].”
The descriptive epidemiology of female breast cancer: an international comparison of screening, incidence, survival and mortality. (2012, unknown): “In terms of overtreatment, a review by Gøtzsche and Neilsen concluded that women who were screened for breast cancer using mammography were 31% more likely to undergo breast surgery compared to an unscreened control group [29].”
Diagnostic Concordance Among Pathologists Interpreting Breast Biopsy Specimens (2015, unknown): “001 High (4-6) 1260 19 (15-24) 21 (17-26) 60 (55-65)”