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Will Screening Mammography in the East Do More Harm than Good?

Gabriel M. Leung, MD, MPH, Tai-Hing Lam, MD, Thuan Q. Thach, PhD and Anthony J. Hedley, MD

Gabriel M. Leung, Tai-Hing Lam, Thuan Q. Thach, and Anthony J. Hedley are with the Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Hong Kong.



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  		FIGURE 1— —Summary risk ratios of the primary randomized controlled trials and the overall pooled estimate.

Note. HIP=Health Insurance Plan Project; CNBSS=Canadian National Breast Screening Study; CI=confidence interval.

 


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  		FIGURE 2— —Estimated age-specific rates of breast cancer incidence for women aged 50 to 69 years.

Note. Data from Parkin et al.19

 


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  		FIGURE 3— —Net balance of benefit and harm per 100 000 women over 10 years.

Note. Area of blocks drawn to scale.

 




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