A prospective case-control study from Sweden has found long-term benefits of regular mammography screening, including a positive impact on reducing mortality.
A prospective case-control study from Sweden has found long-term benefits of regular mammography screening, including a positive impact on reducing mortality. According to their data, 414 women needed to undergo screening for 7 years to prevent 1 breast cancer death. After 29 years of follow-up, the researchers found that approximately 414 women needed to undergo screening every 2 or 3 years over a 7-year period to prevent 1 breast cancer death.
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Exogenous hormones and patients at increased risk for breast cancer
October 17th 2023This lecture, presented by Holly J. Pederson, MD, at The Menopause Society 2023 Annual Meeting, looked at combined oral contraceptives in BRCA carriers and other high-risk patients, and hormone therapy in postmenopausal gene carriers as well as other high-risk women.
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