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- TABLE 25-3. Selected Characteristics of Eight Randomized Controlled
- Trials of Breast Cancer Screening
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- CBE, clinical breast examination; MM, mammography.
- *Study design included randomization of volunteers after clincial
- breast examination; accordingly, virtually 100% had their first
- screening examination.
- (Adapted from Fletcher S, Black W, Harris R, Rimer B, Shapiro S.
- Special article: Report of the International Workshop on Screening for
- Breast Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 1993;85:1644; and Rimer BK. Breast
- cancer screening. In: Harris JR, et al, eds. Diseases of the breast.
- Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1996:311)
-