title: [Pros and cons of early cancer detection in breast carcinoma].
abstract: Mammography is an appropriate method for the detection of early forms of cancer of the breast, and for reducing mortality. Whether this actually succeeds depends upon the quality of the early detection strategies employed. Currently the data on reduction of mortality by mammographic screening remain ambivalent.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Essen. rainer.callies@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Callies
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oberhoff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008327:Mammography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors