title: Definitions of cost, benefit divide breast cancer researchers.
abstract: The debate continues over the use of mammography to screen women ages 40-49 for breast cancer. The question: What determines appropriate healthcare--cost savings, lives saved or the most lives saved most cost-effectively.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lowers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life