Lead-time models produce far too low estimates of overdiagnosis with mammographic screening

J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Nov;11(11):1098. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.08.008. Epub 2014 Oct 7.

Authors

Peter C Gøtzsche¹, Karsten Juhl Jørgensen², Per-Henrik Zahl³

Affiliations

¹ Nordic Cochrane Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark. Electronic address: pcg@cochrane.dk.
² Nordic Cochrane Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

PMID: 25301416
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.08.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Early Detection of Cancer / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Health Services Misuse / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Mammography / statistics & numerical data*
Physician-Patient Relations*
Truth Disclosure*