Flawed Inferences About Screening Mammography Benefit Based on Observational Data (Correspondence)

JCO.2008.17.9341v1.pdf (application/pdf Object)

"The article by Badgwell et al1 might have had minimal impact on
women were it not for the news media picking up the story. Coverage
was predictable and considerable. The media painted stronger conclusions
than the authors may have intended. The American Society of
Clinical Oncology fanned the flames with its totally inaccurate and
misleading press release entitled, “Women 80 and Older Benefit from
Mammography, but Few Are Screened.”
The Journal of Clinical Oncology erred in publishing this article. It
was a disservice to women, young as well as old. Such publication
reveals a seriously defective editorial process at the journal."