Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women worldwide, and is also a major public health issue. England has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in the world, with one woman in nine developing breast cancer during her lifetime. In the absence of efficient methods of primary prevention, secondary prevention by mammography screening plays an important role in the detection of breast cancer at an early stage, when there is a good chance of a successful recovery. To this end, there is a large body of evidence on the effectiveness of mammography screening in the reduction of mortality rates for women aged 50–69 years that attend screening. However, screening

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