Healthy Skepticism Library item: 19020

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Publication type: Journal Article

Baum M, Thornton H, Gøtzsche PC, Bewley S, Jørgensen KJ, Barratt A, Ross N, Woloshin S, Schwartz L, Musiello T, Blennerhassett M, Napoli M, Baines CJ, Vaidya JS, Williams N, Havercroft D, Zahl PH, Retsky M, Kaplan RM, Dixon-Woods M, Berry DA, Isaacson K,
Breast cancer awareness month. Still awaiting screening facts.
BMJ. 2010 Nov 2; 341:c6152. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c6152
http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6152.long

Abstract:

On 19 February 2009 we wrote a letter in the Times calling for the leaflet, Breast Screening: the Facts, to be rewritten because none of the invitations for screening told the truth about its harms and benefits. 1 Two days later the Times reported that the national …

Keywords:
Aged Breast Neoplasms/prevention & control* Early Detection of Cancer* Female Humans Middle Aged