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NEJM Interview: Dr. Mette Kalager on the Swiss Medical Boards recommendation to phase out routine mammography screening.

Published: May 21, 2014, 3:01 p.m.

b'Dr. Mette Kalager is a general surgeon, breast-cancer surgeon, and researcher at Telemark Hospital in Norway and a visiting scientist in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. N. Biller-Andorno and P. Juni. Abolishing Mammography Screening Programs? A View from the Swiss Medical Board. N Engl J Med 2014;370:1965-7.'