Rapid Responses from bmj.com
BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjusa.02100006 (Published 19 November 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:E156
From BMJ USA 2002;October:560
Following are edited excerpts from Rapid Responses generated by this article, which can be read in their entirety at http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7361/418—Editor
Confounding factor
- Des Spence, general practitioner (destwo@yahoo.co.uk)
- Glasgow, UK
- Nordic Cochrane Centre, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
- University of Hull, Cottingham, UK
EDITOR—We are not shown the trend in mastectomies prior to 1990 and whether a downward trend had preceded screening mammography. It should be noted that from the mid-1980s it was recognized that lumpectomy was as effective as mastectomy. This change in surgical practice might explain the observed reduction in mastectomy rates rather than breast screening.
Misleading paper
- Peter C Gøtzsche, director (pcg@cochrane.dk)
- Glasgow, UK
- Nordic Cochrane Centre, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
- University of Hull, Cottingham, UK
EDITOR—Since the mastectomy …
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