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International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Number 1, pp. 66-67
IJE vol.33 no.1 © International Epidemiological Association 2004; all rights reserved.

Point-Counterpoint

Commentary: False premises, false promises and false positives—the case against mammographic screening for breast cancer

Michael Baum

University College London, London, UK

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Before I start it is important that I establish my credibility as my somewhat eccentric career allows me an unusual insight into the problem. First of all I come from a family with a bad history of breast cancer, which in part fuelled my zeal for entering this sub-specialty. Next I am a surgeon who has been at the front line of breast cancer treatment for over 30 years and during the latter half of that experience have been looking after the ‘casualties’ of the screening programme in the UK. I know a lot about the mechanics of screening, having been given the task of setting up the programme in the South East of England in my role as Professor of Surgery at Kings College Hospital in 1987/88 and then serving on our national screening committee until 1997. Finally, I am well equipped to discuss the minutiae of randomized controlled . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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