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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncologypresents a new form of article, a Viewpoint, which provides a forum for a number of researchers to discuss important ongoing issues in oncology. In this Viewpoint article, experts from the field of breast cancer screening discuss and offer insight into the controversy regarding the efficacy and optimal methods of screening.