Radiogenic breast cancer effects of mammographic screening.
The radiocarcinogenic implications of published breast-screening policies were compared. With the use of radioepidemiologic data published recently by the National Institutes of Health, expected excess breast cancers were projected. With a base-line mammogram at age 35 and annual mammography after age 40, as few as 150 or as many as 1,000 radiogenic breast cancers were projected for a screening population of 1 million women, depending on the mammographic system employed and the screening schedule.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States