Links from last week on mammogram screening:
- New York Times article describing the change and the controversy.
- An editorial by three doctors takes the opposite side from the American Cancer Society.
- The actual review paper that summarizes the medical literature is: Myers et. al. “Benefits and Harms of Breast Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review.” Journal of the American Medical Association 2015; 314(15):1615-34.
On Monday, we will start start chapter 11 of the course packet on conditional probability.
On Wednesday, we will finish up Chapter 11, and start Chapter 12, on independence and compounding.
Readings
By next Monday, please finish reading Chapters 11-12 of the course packet.