Maximising benefit and minimising harm of screening

BMJ. 2008 Mar 1;336(7642):480-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.643218.94.

Abstract

Gordon Brown has pledged to increase screening services in the NHS. Muir Gray, Julietta Patnick, and Roger Blanks show how experience with the UK breast screening programme can help ensure that they are effective

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / mortality
  • Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Decision Making
  • Female
  • Harm Reduction
  • Health Policy
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / standards*
  • Program Evaluation
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • State Medicine / standards
  • United Kingdom