Title | Breast cancer screening: It’s your choice |
Subtitle | New information to help women aged about 50 to make a decision |
Introduction | Why is there a decision to make about having breast cancer screening? |
What is the purpose of this booklet? |
What is breast cancer screening? |
Box: Screening is for women without symptoms |
Making my choice about screening: Is this information relevant for me? |
What can I consider to help me make my decision? |
Box: There are 2 important things to know [Int.: 3 important things] |
Numbers presented are best available estimates |
Mortality benefit | Screening leads to fewer women dying from breast cancer |
Explanation about the lower number of women who die of breast cancer |
Icon array of 1000 women screened over 20 years, showing how many:
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Overdetection | Screening leads to finding some breast cancers that are not harmful |
Explanation about overdetection and consequent overtreatment |
Icon array of 1000 women screened over 20 years, showing how many:
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Conceptual illustration contrasting scenarios with vs without screening |
Box: Putting together breast cancer mortality benefit vs overdetection |
False positive results | Screening leads to some false positive results and extra testing |
Explanation about false positive screening results |
Icon array of 1000 women screened over 20 years, showing how many:
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Questions you may have | What happens after an abnormal screening result? |
How is overdetection different from false positives? |
How is breast cancer treated? |
If diagnosed, can I wait and see before I decide about treatment? |
Can I screen using ultrasound or some other test, or combine tests? |
How do we know that overdetection exists? |
Making a choice: summary | Table comparing screening vs no screening, addressing (over 20 years):
What are the chances of dying from breast cancer? What are the chances of experiencing overdetection? What are the chances of having a false positive and extra testing? What would I need to do?
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Key scientific articles |
Glossary | List of 15 medical terms and what they mean [Int.: 16 terms] |
Closing information | Further information sources (doctor, Cancer Council Helpline, websites) |
This booklet was developed in 2013 by STEP, University of Sydney |
If you have any questions about this booklet, please call study helpline |
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