title: Routine breast screening for cancer.
abstract: Breast screening for cancer has increased the survival for women over age 50 as well as those younger than 50 years old. The 13-year average follow-up period disproves the claim that the survival gain is due to lead-time bias. The information brought forth in this presentation proves that higher-risk women must be screened in order to reduce the constant death rate from breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Letton
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D010173:Palpation