Baum has raised interesting and important issues.1 The panel did not “duck” the effect of breast screening on all cause mortality. We indicated in the full report (p 32) that a 20% reduction in breast cancer mortality would reduce mortality from all cancers by only 3% and all cause mortality by 1.2%.2 The randomised trials performed lacked …
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