Alternative modalities being promoted for breast screening
Date
2018
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Health & Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: is a political issue as much as a medical one, and although there is an
enormous amount of literature looking at the benefits of the standard
modalities, there is no consensus about the efficacy of screening.
South Africa (SA) does not have a national mammographic breast
screening programme. There are both economic and logistical
reasons for this. The absence of a policy has resulted in alternative
modalities being promoted as plausible substitutes. If a new modality
is to be used for screening/symptomatic evaluation of the breasts, it
should be compared with any of the established and well-researched
existing modalities. This editorial serves to highlight some of the
problems with the three commonest modalities being promoted in
this country at present.
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CITATION: Edge, J. & Roodt, L. 2018. Alternative modalities being promoted for breast screening. South African Medical Journal, 108(12):1010-1011, doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i12.13679.
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
Breast screening, Combined modality therapy, Elastography
Citation
Edge, J. & Roodt, L. 2018. Alternative modalities being promoted for breast screening. South African Medical Journal, 108(12):1010-1011, doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i12.13679