054 – Breast Cancer Screening and Generic Drugs

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Breast cancer screening: self-exams, mammograms, ductal carcinoma in situ, Angelina Jolie // The book “Bottle of Lies” and the safety of generic drugs // When cancer research misses its target
 
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References:
1) The Malmö Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3142562
2) The Canadian National Breast Screening Study: https://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g366
3) The 2012 Lancet Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23117178
4) The Cochrane Collaboration Review: https://www.cochrane.org/CD001877/BREASTCA_screening-for-breast-cancer-w…
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