If you are a woman between 40 and 44 years old, should you attend an organised mammography screening programme?
Summary
Summary of your value assessment
Below is a table listing the arguments for and against attending an organized mammography screening programme and your values assessment (on a scale where 0 means you are "dead" and 100 you are in "good health"). Read them carefully and think about whether there is anything else that matters to you when making a decision (if yes, you can add arguments).
Against Mammography screening
Pain related to mammography
Your value: Pain and discomfort related to mammography
0
100
50
Risk of overdiagnosed cancer
Your value: Mastectomy
0
100
50
Risk of false-positive related adverse effects: Biopsy or surgery
Your value: Needle Core Biopsy
0
100
50
For Mammography screening
Chance of early cancer detection
Your value: Breast Cancer Stage
0
100
50
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Recommendations
Conditional recommendation against mammography screening
The ECIBC's Guidelines Development Group suggests that women between 40 and 44 years old, who are not at high risk of breast cancer and do not have symptoms, should not have mammography screening. This recommendation suggests not having breast screening with mammography if you are between 40 and 44 years old, because there are probably greater harms than benefits.
Your decision
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