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	Institution: STANFORD Univ Med Center  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 2 No. 8, August 1993   Archives  •  Online Features Letters to the Editor  This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal Informed Medical Decisions David C. Slawson, MD Harrisburg Hospital/Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, Pa Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(8):813. Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings. I read with interest the article by Sturrock1 published in the April 1993 issue of the ARCHIVES. I empathize with the frustration felt by Sturrock when his medical judgment was questioned by his patient as the result of a newspaper article. I would like to expand on the information presented to the patient since, had I seen her, I would have agreed with her uncertainty over having the screening mammography. There are at least six published randomized clinical trials investigating the utility of screening mammography.2-7 The most current report alluded to in Sturrock's letter was from a Canadian trial showing that, among women aged 40 to 49 years, screening with yearly mammography had no effect on the rate of death from breast cancer for up to 7 years of follow-up. This trial and others were recently highlighted in the ACP Journal Club.8 There is no consistent evidence . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article] HOME | CURRENT ISSUE | PAST ISSUES | TOPIC COLLECTIONS | CME | PHYSICIAN JOBS | HELP CONDITIONS OF USE | PRIVACY POLICY | CONTACT US | SITE MAP   © 1993 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.