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Letter to the Editor in Response to a Recent Commentary, “Mammography Trials” by Drs. Saurabh Jha and Jeffrey B. Ware

Published:October 27, 2015DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2015.08.029
Letter to the Editor in Response to a Recent Commentary, “Mammography Trials” by Drs. Saurabh Jha and Jeffrey B. Ware
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      As a physician who takes care of women with breast cancer, and as a breast cancer advocate, I strongly disagree with the Drs. Jha and Ware's commentary entitled “Mammography Trials.” The commentary contains multiple inaccurate statements about screening mammography. Drs. Jha and Ware's most egregious is their opening statement, “There is so much uncertainty precisely because the benefits are so small at the population level.” Their limited review of mammography trials focuses solely on the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS). They have chosen to ignore the results of all the other randomized clinical trials (RCTs).
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      Published online: October 27, 2015

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2015.08.029

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