- ►ahrq.gov [PDF] J Mandelblatt, S Saha, S Teutsch, T Hoerger, … - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians Purpose: There are few data on the effects of disease biology and competing
mortality on the effectiveness of screening women for breast cancer after age 65
years. The authors performed a review to determine the costs and benefits ... Cited by 77 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
B AUSTRALIA - The Medical Journal of Australia, 2002 - mja.com.au BREASTSCREEN AUSTRALIA has pro- vided free mammographic screening for women aged
50–69 years since 1991, but there is at present no national policy on the age
at which screening, or regular invitations for screening, should cease. ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 5 versions
K Kerlikowske, P Salzmann, KA Phillips, JA … - Jama, 1999 - Am Med Assoc Context Mammography is recommended and is cost-effective for women aged 50 to 69
years, but the value of continuing screening mammography after age 69 years is
not known. In particular, older women with low bone mineral density (BMD) ... Cited by 145 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►nih.gov JS Mandelblatt, CB Schechter, KR Yabroff, W … - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2005 - Springer Page 1. ORIGINAL ARTICLE Toward Optimal Screening Strategies for Older Women
Costs, Benefits, and Harms of Breast Cancer Screening ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org E White, DL Miglioretti, BC Yankaskas, BM … - JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2004 - jnci.oxfordjournals.org Background: Mammography screening may reduce breast cancer mortality by
detecting cancers at an earlier stage. However, certain questions remain,
including the ideal interval between mammograms. Methods: We conducted an ... Cited by 35 - Related articles - All 10 versions
EP McCarthy, RB Burns, KM Freund, AS Ash, … - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov BACKGROUND: Women age 65 years and older account for most newly diagnosed breast
cancers and deaths from breast cancer. Yet, older women are least likely to
undergo mammography, perhaps because mammography's value is less well ... Cited by 100 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] WM Randolph, JS Goodwin, JD Mahnken, JL … - Annals of internal medicine, 2002 - Am Coll Physicians Setting: Tumor registries in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
(SEER) program. Patients: 12 038 women who were Medicare beneficiaries, were at
least 69 years of age, resided in a SEER area, and received a new diagnosis ... Cited by 56 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
MB Barton - Postgraduate medicine, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Mammography is the best tool available for screening for breast cancer. Although
the data supporting clinical breast examination are not as strong, this
procedure continues to be widely used in the United States. To maximize ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
M Zappa, CB Visioli, S Ciatto - Critical Reviews in Oncology and Hematology, 2003 - Elsevier The definition of an upper age limit for breast cancer screening is a rather
complex issue, influenced by several conditions. Randomised trials specifically
designed to investigate this aspect are not available, but all process ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►epi-ucsf.org [PDF] KK Lindfors, J Rosenquist - Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1996 - journals.lww.com The authors compared mammographic screening to observation without screening
using a computer simulation model developed for this purpose. Cost-effectiveness
was expressed as marginal cost per year of life saved (MCYLS), which is ... Cited by 109 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
