Status of mammography in breast cancer screening

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The ability to detect breast cancer while it is still in the preinvasive state will likely produce favorable changes in the mortality statistics for this common malignancy of women. Despite occasional pessimistic opinions to the contrary, the majority of current thought supports the view that the use of high-quality mammography as a screening procedure can effect this change. In this article, Dr Billings provides a brief review of the subject and presents some data on the use of mammography at the Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin.