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Without screening and adjuvant therapy, the death rate for breast cancer would have increased by about 30 percent between 1975 and 2000.
Berry, D, K Cronin, S Plevritis, D Fryback, L Clarke, et al. Effect of Screening and Adjuvant Therapy on Mortality from Breast Cancer. NEJM. 2005; 353(17): 84-92. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa050518