Changes to This Summary (04/05/2013)

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Breast Cancer Screening Modalities—Mammography

Added text about a detailed analysis of Swedish women by county that compared breast cancer mortality in the presence and absence of screening mammography and concluded that screening had little impact on breast cancer mortality (cited Autier et al. as reference 14).

Mammography—Variables Associated with Accuracy

Added text to state that the approach of applying both digital and screen-film mammography to individuals in a single arm study may yield a biased estimate of the relative sensitivity of the tests and that an alternative design would randomize individuals to two arms with each test performed in only one arm, comparing the interval cancer rates in the two arms.

Harms of Screening Mammography

Added Anxiety as a new subsection.

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