[Debate persists over the use of mammogram in the detection of breast cancer in asymptomatic women].
In this opinion article, it is discussed the importance of questioning the use of mammogram in the detection of breast cancer in asymptomatic women.
Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Endocrinas, Diabetes y Metabolismo, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México. zaratre@att.com.
Marcelino
M
Hernández-Valencia
Renata
R
Saucedo
Arturo
A
Zárate
D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures
Breast cancer; Mammography