Information In Practice
Presentation on websites of possible benefits and harms from screening for breast cancer: cross sectional study
BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7432.148 (Published 15 January 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:148
Data supplement
- Appendix: search engines used and websites reviewed
Search engines used
- Google.com
- Jubii.dk
- msn.se
- Sol.no
- Yahoo.com
Reviewed websitesAdvocacy groups
- American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org). Mammography and other breast screening procedures
- Breast Cancer Care (www.breastcancercare.org.uk). Screening for breast cancer
- Canadian Cancer Society (www.cancer.ca). Early detection and sceening of breast cancer
- Cancer Council Australia (www.cancer.org.au)
- Cancerfonden (www.cancerfonden.se). Mammografi
- Cancer Research UK (www.cancerhelp.org.uk)
- Den Norske Kreftforening (www.kreft.no)
- Kræftens Bekæmpelse (www.cancer.dk). Mammografi—undersøgelse for brystkræft
- New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (www.nzbcf.org.nz)
- RadiologyInfo (www.radiologyinfo.org). Mammography
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (www.komen.org). The ABC’s of breast cancer
- Y-ME (www.y-me.org). Mammography—the way to earlier detection
- Womens Health Network (www.womenshealthnetwork.org). Breast cancer detection and diagnosis
Consumer organisations- Breast Cancer Action (www.bcaction.org)
- Center for Medical Consumers (www.medicalconsumers.org) and link from this site to The University of California at San Francisco (http://mammography.ucsf.edu) (use "Links", "Cancer").
- National Breast Cancer Coalition (www.stopbreastcancer.org). The mammography screening controversy: Questions and answers
Governmental organisations- BreastScreen Aotearoa. Ministry of Health, New Zealand (www.healthywomen.org.nz)
- BreastScreen Australia. Australian Department of Health and Ageing (www.breastscreen.info.au)
- Breast Test Wales (www.velindre-tr.wales.nhs.uk/btw/index.html). Questions and answers about breast screening
- Federal Drug Administration (www.fda.gov). Mammography today
- Folkehelseinstituttet (www.folkehelsa.no). Mammografi og mammografiprogrammet
- Health Canada—Womens Health Bureau (www.hc-sc.gc.ca). Mammography and women’s health
- Kreftregisteret (www.kreftregisteret.no). Mammografiprogrammet
- National Breast Cancer Centre—Australia (www.nbcc.org.au)
- National Cancer Institute—USA (www.cancer.gov). Breast cancer: screening and screening mammograms: questions and answers
- NHS Direct (www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk). NHS cancer screening programmes. Breast screening—the facts
- Socialstyrelsen (www.socialstyrelsen.se). Mammografi—frågor och svar
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