Research Brief: “How a charity oversells mammography”
Professors Steven Woloshin, MD, and Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, published “How a...
View ArticleResearch Brief —“The Right Trials”
Dr. Patricia Steeg Patricia S. Steeg, chief of the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute, argues in Nature [2012, 485, S58a] that most people with breast cancer die as a result of...
View ArticleResearch Brief —“The Komen–Planned Parenthood Controversy: Bringing the...
Professors Lori Baralt of California State University, Long Beach and Tracy A. Weitz of University of California, San Francisco published a commentary in Women’s Health Issues [2012; 22-6:e509-e512]...
View ArticleResearch Brief — NBCC’s Misguided Cancer Goal or Savvy Strategy?
In November 2012, an editorial in the international science journal Nature, “Misguided Cancer Goal,” argued that the influential advocacy group, the National Breast Cancer Coalition, was making false...
View ArticleResearch Brief — Enhanced Support for Shared Decision Making
There is a growing body of evidence that patients who are more actively involved in their health care have better outcomes and incur lower medical costs. An article by David Veroff, Amy Marr, and David...
View ArticleFollow-up: Susan G. Komen [for the Cure] Still Overselling Mammography
In a 2012 Breast Cancer Consortium research brief, we highlighted an article in the “not so” column of the British Medical Journal (published August 12th). The column is an occasional series...
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