Is the risk of radiation-induced breast cancers due to biennial mammographic screening in women aged 50-69 years minimal?
The risk of radiation-induced breast cancer and breast cancer death due to mammographic screening is minimal. Women should not be discouraged from attending screening due to fear of radiation-induced breast cancer death.
The rapidly increasing and transient net coronary release of t-PA after sternotomy suggests that the endothelium actively promotes local endogenous fibrinolysis during surgery. Such events could reflect a dynamic responsiveness to protect the coronary circulation during stress.