Maturitas 80 (2015) 441

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Letter to the Editor How does information reduce psychological impact? In their article “EMAS position statement: Individualized breast cancer screening versus population-based mammography screening programmes” [1]. Depypere et al. conclude that: “Moreover, information about the possibility of false positive will reduce its psychological impact.” The authors do not provide any reference(s) in their paper to support this conclusion. Furthermore, the authors do not describe why they expect the negative psychological impact from a false-positive screening mammography to be reduced by information. Could you describe and reference the evidence that support your conclusion. Contributors First author is the only contributor. Competing interest None declared. Funding No funding has supported this letter except for John Brodersen’s academic position at the University of Copenhagen.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.12.013 0378-5122/© 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Reference [1] Depypere H, Desreux J, Pérez-López FR, et al. EMAS position statement: individualized breast cancer screening versus population-based mammography screening programmes. Maturitas 2014;79(4):481–6.

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5 December 2014

How does information reduce psychological impact?

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