Weighing the benefits and harms when deciding about a preventive activity: Comparing estimated benefits and harms of screening mammography^[1-3]

Chances among 1000 women who undergo annual screening mammography for 10 years: (A) of experiencing a false-positive mammogram, undergoing a breast biopsy, and developing breast cancer; and (B) of being cured of breast cancer regardless of screening, and averting death from breast cancer because of screening mammography.

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Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, et al. SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975–2016. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. Available at: https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2016/& based on November 2018 SEER data submission, posted to the SEER website, April 2019.
Nelson HD, Fu R, Cantor A, et al. Effectiveness of breast cancer screening: systematic review and meta-analysis to update the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation. Ann Intern Med 2016; 164:244.
Hubbard RA, Kerlikowske K, Flowers CI, et al. Cumulative probability of false-positive recall or biopsy recommendation after 10 years of screening mammography. Ann Intern Med 2011; 155:481.

Reproduced with permission from: Prevention. In: Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials, 6th ed, Fletcher G (Ed), Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2020.

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Weighing the benefits and harms when deciding about a preventive activity: Comparing estimated benefits and harms of screening mammography[1-3]

Weighing the benefits and harms when deciding about a preventive activity: Comparing estimated benefits and harms of screening mammography^[1-3]