Lessons from the Swiss Medical Board recommendation against mammography screening programs

JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Oct;174(10):1541-2. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4197.

Authors

Arnaud Chiolero¹, Nicolas Rodondi²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.

PMID: 25154463
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4197

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Decision Making
Early Detection of Cancer* / adverse effects
Early Detection of Cancer* / methods
Europe
Evidence-Based Medicine
False Positive Reactions
Female
Humans
Information Dissemination
Mammography* / adverse effects
Mammography* / standards
Mammography* / trends
Marketing of Health Services
Mass Screening* / adverse effects
Mass Screening* / methods
Middle Aged
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Program Development
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / ethics
Switzerland