Benefits and Harms of Mammography Screening in 75 + Women to Inform Shared Decision-making: a Simulation Modeling Study.
Jinani JayasekeraSarah SteinOliver W A WilsonKaitlyn M WojcikDalya KamilEeva-Liisa RøssellLinn A AbrahamEllen S O'MearaNancy Li SchoenbornClyde B SchechterJeanne S MandelblattMara A SchonbergNatasha K StoutPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2023)
Simulation models show that continuing screening in women ≥ 75 years old results in fewer breast cancer deaths but more false positive tests and overdiagnoses. Together, clinicians and 75 + women may use model output to weigh the benefits and harms of continued screening.