Breast Cancer Screening 1991: Evidence and Experience Since the Forrest Report

Breast Cancer Screening 1991: Evidence and Experience Since the Forrest Report

ISBN 1 871997 06 2

The aim of this paper is to review the recommendations of the working group chaired by Sir Patrick Forrest. The report covers in particular three questions:

Is breast cancer screening efficacious?
Can the efficacy produced in trials be reproduced nationwide in the UK?
Do the benefits of screening outweigh the adverse affects?

A Report of the Department of Health Advisory Committee; Chairman; Professor Martin Vessey; Rapporteur; Dr Muir Gray. Published January 1991.

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