Mammographic breast cancer screening is the systematic use of x-ray imaging of the breast, or mammography, to screen asymptomatic, apparently healthy women for breast cancer with the goal of achieving earlier diagnosis and improving treatment outcomes. The United Kingdom's National Health Service Breast Screening Programme, launched in 1988, was the first organized, population-wide mammographic screening program of its kind in the world. Screening programs today typically invite women within a defined age range to undergo mammography at regular intervals, balancing the benefit of early cancer detection against the risks of false positives and overdiagnosis.
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Breast cancer screening is the medical screening of asymptomatic, apparently healthy women for breast cancer in an attempt to achieve an earlier diagnosis.
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The UK's NHS Breast Screening Programme, described as the first of its kind in the world, began in 1988.
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With unnecessary treatment of ten women for every one woman whose life was prolonged, the authors concluded that routine mammography may do more harm than good.
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