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To the Editor: The Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia (SMPBC) is a population-based program providing two-view, bilateral mammography to asymptomatic women residing in British Columbia, Canada. Access to annual screening is available to women from the age of 40 years at no charge to the participant, but recruitment is targeted to women between 50 and 74 years old, and the goal is for these women to be screened at least every two years.

From the inception of the program in 1988 to March 31, 1997, the SMPBC has provided 765,392 screening mammograms to 298,650 women. The SMPBC data were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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