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Screening for breast cancer has been or is being introduced within several European and Scandinavian countries. Its introduction is based on the assumption that tumours will be detected earlier and the length of survival increased. It has also been assumed that early diagnosis by screening will improve psychological adaptation in two ways. Firstly, women will feel more confident about their prognosis. Secondly, they will have more treatment options, for example, mastectomy versus wide local excision plus radiotherapy. Yet, there is still no firm evidence to support these assumptions about the favourable impact of screening on psychological adjustment to cancer.
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Maguire, P. (1990). Screening for Breast Cancer. In: Holland, J.C., Zittoun, R. (eds) Psychosocial Aspects of Oncology. Monographs European School of Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46695-3_17
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