Our piece, “Mammogram Trials” (
1
), was a critique of the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS). We stated
shortly in to the piece “we will analyze the CNBSS for its signal, against the noise.”
If our intent remained deceptive to some (
,
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 10, 2015
Footnotes
This is a response to the letter to our piece “Mammogram Trials.”
In reply to Baker, Kopans, Smetherman, and Arleo.
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