title: Point/Counterpoint. Film mammography for breast cancer screening in younger women is no longer appropriate because of the demonstrated superiority of digital mammography for this age group.
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre and Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. martin.yaffe@swri.ca
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Yaffe
authors.forename: Gary T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Colin G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Orton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014962:X-Ray Film / Q000639:trends*