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... Obtaining "baseline" mammograms before age 50 is not recommended. For the special category of women at high risk because of a family history of premenopausally diagnosed breast cancer in first~egree relatives, it may be prudent to begin regular clinical breast examination and mammography at an earlier age (e.g., age 35~.
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... Breast cancer screening: a different look at the evidence. Surgery 1986; 100:594-8.
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... A case-control study of the efficacy of a non-randomized breast cancer screening program in Florence (Italy)
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... Screening for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 1983; 3:1 43-56.
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