## Abstract Comparisons of cancer mortality between users and nonusers of screening are potentially biased because of the effects of selfβselection. Previous studies of breast screening have found that individuals likely to participate have lower breast cancer mortality than those unlikely to parti
The relationship between age and incidence of breast cancer population and screening program data
β Scribed by Larry G. Kessler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 719 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Mammographic screening programs for breast cancer have been implemented in many countries and opportunistic mammographies are taken as a diagnostic method. The consequences of the wide application of this technology to age-incidence relationships in breast cancer have not been clarified nor is its e
the age at onset of breast cancer is significant for clinical diagnosis and treatment. I t is possible that this information may also aid in establishing the factors and the time relationships in the etiology of breast cancer. This may be particularly true with regard to the period of the menopause
## Abstract The aim of this study was to quantify the effects of separate phases of an invitational screening program on breast cancer incidence at different ages. Our database included detailed municipalityβspecific information about invitations for massβscreening for breast cancer in 267 Finnish