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ASO Author Reflections: Impact of Breast Cancer Screening Beyond Mortality Reductions

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  1. The Breast Service, Royal Melbourne and Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Kenneth Elder BEng, MSc, MPhil, BMBS, MRCS & G. Bruce Mann MBBS, PhD, FRACS

  2. Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Carolyn Nickson BA, Grad Dip, PhD

  3. Cancer Council New South Wales, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia

    Carolyn Nickson BA, Grad Dip, PhD

  4. Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    G. Bruce Mann MBBS, PhD, FRACS

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  1. Kenneth Elder BEng, MSc, MPhil, BMBS, MRCS
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Correspondence to G. Bruce Mann MBBS, PhD, FRACS.

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article, “Treatment Intensity Differences After Early-Stage Breast Cancer Diagnosis Depending on Participation in a Screening Program.” Ann Surg Oncol. 2018;25:2563–72.

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Elder, K., Nickson, C. & Mann, G.B. ASO Author Reflections: Impact of Breast Cancer Screening Beyond Mortality Reductions. Ann Surg Oncol 25 (Suppl 3), 687–688 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-7001-9

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