title: The 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines ignore important scientific evidence and should be revised or withdrawn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Suite 219, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kopans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D026683:Advisory Committees; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016504:Breast Self-Examination; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology