Mammography screening under 50: a limited perspective on a multifaceted issue.
Womens Health
; 2(4): 243-9; discussion 261-6, 1996.
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ABSTRACT
Navarro and Kaplan's article on the cost-effectiveness of mammography screening for women under 50 offers a limited perspective on a complex and rapidly evolving issue. They suggest that eliminating mammography benefits for younger women will result in the delivery of other important women's health services, but they provide no data on the cost-effectiveness of these programs compared to mammography. Four other areas of omission significantly limit this article's scope and potential impact. Navarro and Kaplan do not discuss 1) increasing breast cancer incidence in women under 50, particularly in African-American women; 2) the importance of breast cancer risk in relation to mammography screening; 3) the relevance of meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials done by other investigators; and 4) the heterogeneity of mammography screening recommendations in clinical practice.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Mama
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Mamografia
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Política de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Womens Health
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
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PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos