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Breast Cancer Screening

2003; American College of Physicians; Volume: 138; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-138-8-200304150-00033

1539-3704

Harold C. Sox,

Cancer Risks and Factors

Letters15 April 2003Breast Cancer ScreeningHarold C. Sox, MDHarold C. Sox, MDEditor(Sox)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-138-8-200304150-00033 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Dr. Kopans raises a familiar question: Why do people refer to age 50 as a significant age for breast cancer screening when it has no biological significance? The answer is that this age is a proxy for the occurrence of natural menopause. Ideally, the clinical trials of breast cancer screening would have reported their results according to menopausal status at the time of screening but, to my knowledge, they did not. Dr. Kopans points out that there are no data that indicate a relationship between screening results and menopause. The reader should note that no data does not ...References1. Miller AB, To T, Baines CJ, Wall C. The Canadian National Breast Screening Study-1: breast cancer mortality after 11 to 16 years of follow-up. A randomized screening trial of mammography in women age 40 to 49 years. Ann Intern Med. 2002;137:305-12. [PMID: 12204013] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Nystrm L, Andersson I, Bjurstam N, Frisell J, Nordenskjld B, Rutqvist LE. Long-term effects of mammography screening: updated overview of the Swedish randomised trials. Lancet. 2002;359:909-19. [PMID: 11918907] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Editor(Sox) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Canadian National Breast Screening Study-1: Breast Cancer Mortality after 11 to 16 Years of Follow-up: A Randomized Screening Trial of Mammography in Women Age 40 to 49 Years Anthony B. Miller , Teresa To , Cornelia J. Baines , and Claus Wall Screening Mammography for Younger Women: Back to Basics Harold Sox The Canadian National Breast Screening Study-1: Breast Cancer Mortality after 11 to 16 Years of Follow-up: A Randomized Screening Trial of Mammography in Women Age 40 to 49 Years Anthony B. Miller , Teresa To , Cornelia J. Baines , and Claus Wall Breast Cancer Screening Daniel B. Kopans Metrics Cited ByReferences 15 April 2003Volume 138, Issue 8Page: 690KeywordsBreast cancerBreast cancer screeningClinical trial reportingMenopause ePublished: 15 April 2003 Issue Published: 15 April 2003 CopyrightCopyright © 2003 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...