article_snippet.sent: But another expert defended the screening practices, and called the study one-sided. '
article_snippet.sent: There was no attempt to balance the costs with the benefits,' said Richard Wender, who heads prevention, detection and patient-support efforts at the American Cancer Society.
article_snippet.sent: Wender questioned the assumptions behind the new study, saying that the authors made a 'very selective choice of estimates' for the rates of false positives and Mandl. '
article_snippet.sent: There is no debate about the benefits of mammography,' Wender said.
article_snippet.sent: Mandl responded that the assumptions in Mandl are supported by other research, and that by definition there is no medical benefit to mammograms that produce false-positive results.
highlights_snippet.sent: A critic claims there was no attempt to balance the costs with the benefits .