Decision making and the principles of screening for breast cancer.
This position paper raises issues central to the screening process and how it relates to breast cancer in the elderly. These comments reflect neither a formal model developed specifically for breast cancer screening nor detailed data about this disease. Such information is available elsewhere in these Forum proceedings. Rather, this discussion develops the general principles of screening as they impact on breast cancer in elderly women.
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Division of Clinical Decision Making, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity