Breast carcinoma stage in relation to time interval since last mammography : A registry-based study
✍ Scribed by The Romagna Cancer Registry and Collaborators
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
BACKGROUND. In the Romagna Region of Italy, mammography screening for breast
The Romagna Cancer Registry and Collaborators carcinoma (BC) was implemented as a routine practice in the regular healthcare system. The Romagna Cancer Registry evaluated the effects of self-selection for mammography on the stage of BC at the time of presentation.
Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the METHODS. Of the 851 invasive BC cases registered in 1989-1991, tumor size (T)
International Association of Cancer Registries, was documented for 790 (93%) and lymph node status (N) for 681 (80%). Mammog-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 30-November 1, 1995.
raphy experience was determined by cross-checks with the radiology files in the area. The Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test stratified by age was used to evaluate Supported by a grant from the Istituto Oncologthe difference in the proportion of advanced BC between subsets of patients diagico Romagnolo, ForlıD , Italy.
nosed at increasing time intervals since their most recent mammography and those with no previous examination. The Romagna Cancer Registry and Collaborators (members of analysis and writing committee indi-
RESULTS.
The incidence of T2//N1/ (T2 or worse and/or lymph node positive)