Comments on John D. Keen and James E. Keen, What is the point: will screening mammography save my life? BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2009

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2009 Apr 2:9:20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-20.

Abstract

This paper by John D. Keen and James E. Keen addresses a thorny subject. The numerical findings and commentaries in their paper will be disturbing to some readers and seem to defy logic and well established viewpoints. It may well generate angry letters to the editor. However such numerical analysis and reporting including civil discussion should be welcomed and are the basis for informed decision making - something that is highly needed in this field.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Mammography* / adverse effects
  • Mass Screening* / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged