Moss S
Institute of Cancer Research Cancer Screening, Evaluation Unit Block D, 15 Cotswold Road, Suuton, Surrey SM52 5NG, UK.
Br J Cancer. 2004 Aug 2;91(3):413-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601966.
Despite some controversy in recent years, the majority of experts agree on the evidence for effectiveness of breast screening by mammography for women aged 50 years and above, but for those under 50 years, the picture is much less clear. However, the issue remains of importance both to policy makers and to individual women; although the incidence of breast cancer is lower at younger ages, the life years lost due to cancers diagnosed below 50 years amount to a third of all those lost due to the disease.
尽管近年来存在一些争议,但大多数专家认同乳腺钼靶筛查对50岁及以上女性有效的证据。但对于50岁以下的女性,情况则不太明朗。然而,这个问题对政策制定者和女性个体都依然至关重要;虽然年轻女性患乳腺癌的发病率较低,但50岁以下确诊癌症导致的寿命损失占因该疾病导致的所有寿命损失的三分之一。