Walpole E, Dunn N, Youl P, et al. - Researchers compared women who did vs did not participate in mammography screening in terms of cancer incidence and mortality for several cancer types other than breast cancer, non-cancer mortality, and patterns of treatment. They assessed all women aged 50-65 years enrolled in the Queensland Electoral Roll in 2000, and linked them to records from the population-based breast screening program and private fee-for-service screening options to build screened and unscreened cohorts. They found that screened vs unscreened women had a lower incidence of cancers of the lung, cervix, head and neck, and esophagus, but an increase in colorectal cancers. They identified 35% lower cancer mortality, (excluding breast cancer) and a 23% less frequent diagnosis of distant disease among screened vs unscreened women. Among screened vs unscreened women, surgery was more frequent, and no treatment reception was less frequent.