Through a Glass Darkly: The Mammography Debate

Abstract

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Taming the mammography debate: Screening interval, age of onset, and underdiagnosis

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In mid-2015 my younger self wrote an editorial in the pages of the Current Oncology journal (titled, fittingly, "Through a glass darkly: the mammography debate") that the mammography debate is (1) "complex;(2) that it is naïvely implausible to expect any decisive final resolution to the residual issues that will be convincing to the principle contending parties; (3) and that behind it all, the devil is in the methodology" [1]. Below, in this and a series of papers to follow, is the beginning of and early volley towards, that resolution.

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“…(2) that it is naïvely implausible to expect any decisive final resolution to the residual issues that will be convincing to the principle contending parties; (3) and that behind it all, the devil is in the methodology" [1]. Below, in this and a series of papers to follow, is the beginning of and early volley towards, that resolution.…”

Response to: “Beyond the Mammography Debate: A Moderate Perspective”

“…In his editorial 1 and perspective 2 , Dr. Constantine Kaniklidis covers a lot of ground, and there is much to agree with. Certainly, we should be moving forward to find and evaluate better ways of detecting, characterizing, and treating breast (and other types of) cancer.…”