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Earlier diagnosis of breast cancer outside of a screening programme

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Although it is not directly related to our viewpoint discussion (Viewpoint: Breast cancer screening: the questions answered. Nat. Rev. Clin. Oncol. 9, 599–605; 2012),1 Lyratzopoulos and Abel (Earlier diagnosis of breast cancer: focusing on symptomatic women. Nat. Rev. Clin. Oncol. doi:10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.126-c1)2 bring up an important perspective on the effect of disparities in the presentation of breast cancer in symptomatic (diagnostic) clinics.

The authors point out the difference in women presenting outside of a screening programme compared with those that attend.2 In countries with national breast screening programmes starting at the age of 50 years, the majority of women presenting with breast cancer are seen outside of screening, and are referred to as symptomatic patients.3

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