News Finding: Screening fails to lower breast cancer mortality statistics: 
Paper Finding: We conclude that population-based mortality statistics, at least in England, do not show a past benefit of breast cancer screening.
News Context: Screening fails to lower breast cancer mortality statistics: 
Paper Context: In older age groups, a smaller percentage of breast cancer deaths are coded as the underlying cause (for example, 78% in women aged 75-84 years), and figures on breast cancer mortality based on underlying cause alone should be treated with greater caution. We conclude that population-based mortality statistics, at least in England, do not show a past benefit of breast cancer screening. While this does not rule out a benefit at the level of individual women, these effects are not large enough to be detected at the population-level.