Screening for breast cancer: an update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This systematic review is an update of evidence since the 2002 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on breast cancer screening.

Purpose

To determine the effectiveness of mammography screening in decreasing breast cancer mortality among average-risk women aged 40 to 49 years and 70 years or older, the effectiveness of clinical breast examination and breast self-examination, and the harms of screening.

Data sources

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (through the fourth quarter of 2008), MEDLINE (January 2001 to December 2008), reference lists, and Web of Science searches for published studies and Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium for screening mammography data.

Study selection

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SUBMITTER: Nelson HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2972726 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature