The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7213 p273
31 August 2002

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Screening women for breast cancer has reduced mastectomy rates, an observational study confirms. This follows a recent suggestion that mammographic screening increased the number of mastectomies. The researchers say that the rate of breast conserving surgery has increased with the advent of screening (BMJ 2002;325:418).