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PAPERS: Ciaran B J Woodman, Anthony G Threlfall, Caroline R M Boggis, and Pat Prior Is the three year breast screening interval too long? Occurrence of interval cancers in NHS breast screening programme's north western region BMJ 1995; 310: 224-226 [Abstract] [Full text]

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Karen Ostman   (6 February 2003)

Question answered. 6 February 2003
Karen Ostman, X Copenhagen Send response to journal: Re: Question answered.	18 months after a breast screening with no result I was operated for a tumor. 2 years after that (and having received no other treatment) the cancer had spread to the spine and brain. So - my answer to the main question of the article is that 3 years is a too long period. I know that the use of screenings is discussed - and maybe my answer should be: Stop the screening, it worries the women for no use! Competing interests:   None declared