Screening for cancer of the breast

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 244-255

  Morrison, Alan S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0027355816     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036111     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Momson AS. Review of evidcncc on the early detection and treatment of breast canccr. Canccr 1989:64 (12 suppl):2681-6.
2. Shapiro S. Vcnct W, Strax P. ct al. Periodic screening for breast canccr the Health Insurance Plan project and its sequelae, 1963-1986. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.
3. Tabar L. Fagcrbcrg CJG. Gad A. ct al. Reduction in mortality from breast cancer after mass screening with mammography: randomised trial from the Breast Canccr Screening Working Group of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. Lancet 1985;1:829-32.
4. Tabar L, Fagcrbcrg G, DufTy SW, ct al. The Swedish two county trial of mammographic screening for breasi canccr: rcccnt results and calculation of benefit. J Epidemiol Communitv Health I989;43: 107-14.
5. Fagerberg CJG, Tabar L. The results of periodic onc-vicw mammography screening in a randomized. controlled trial in Sweden. Part I: Background. organization, screening program, tumor findings In: Day NE, Miller AB, eds. Screening for breast canccr. Toronto. Ontario. Canada: Hans Huber, 1988:33-8.
6. UK Trial of Early Detection of Breast Cancer Group. First results on mortality reduction in the UK trial of early detection of breast cancer. Lancet 1988:2:411-16.
7. UK Trial of Early Detection of Breast Canccr Group. Trial of early detection of breast cancer: description of method. Br J Cancer 1981:44: 618-27.
8. Ndcrsson I, Asperen K, Janzon L. ct al. Mammographic screening and mortality from breast canctr: the Malmo mammographic screening trial. BMJ 1988:297:943-8.
9. Roberts MM, Alexander FE, Anderson TJ. ct al. Edinburg trial of screening for breast cancer mortality at seven years. Lancet 1990;335:241-6.
10. Friscll J, Eklund G, HellMrom L. ct al. Randomized study of mammography screening—preliminary report on mortality in the Stockholm trial. Breast Canccr Res Treat 1991;18:49-56.
11. Kopans DB, Meyer JF, Sadowsky N. Breast imaging N F.ngl J Med 1984;310:960-7.
12. Alexander HR. Candela FC. Dcrshaw DD. ct al. Needle-locali2cd mammographic lesions: results and evolving treatment strategy. Arch Surg 1990; 125:1441-4.
13. Silverstein M, Gamagami P, Colburn W, ct al. Nonpalpablc breast lesions: diagnosis with slightly ovcrpcnclrated screen-film mammography and hook wire-directed biopsy in 1.014 eases. Radiology 1989;171:633-8.
14. Vcrbcck ALM, Hcndnks JHCL, Holland R. et al. Reduction of breast canccr mortality through mass screening with modern mammography: lirst results of the Nijmegen projcct. 1975-1981 Lancet 1984; 1:1222-4.
15. Verbeek ALM, Hendriks JHCL, Holland R. cl al. Mammographic screening and breast canccr mortality: age-specific effects in Nijmegen projcct. 1975-1982. (Utter), Lancet 1985;1:865-6.
16. Collette HJA, Day NE, Rombach JJ. ct al. Evaluation of screening for breast cancer in a non-randomised study (the DOM project) by means of a case-control study. Lancet 1984;1:1224-6.
17. Palli D, Del Turco RM, Buiatti F., ct al. A casc-control study of the efficacy of a non-randomized breast cancer screening program in Florence (Ital v). Int J Canccr 1986;38:501-4.
18. Momson AS, Brisson J, Khalid N. Breast cancer incidence and mortality in the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project. J Natl Canccr Inst 1988:80:1540-7.
19. Newcomb PA, Weiss NS, Storer BE. et al. Breast self-examination in relation to the occurrence of advanced breast canccr. J Natl Cancer Inst 1991; 83:260-5.
20. Locker AP, Cascldine J, Mitchcll AK, ct al. Results from a seven-year programme of breast self-examination in 89, 010 women. Br J Cancer 1989; 60:401-5.
21. Guidelines for the cancer-related checkup: recommendations and rationale. CA 1980;30:194-240
22. Morrison AS. Is self-examination effective in screening for breast canccr? (Editorial). J Natl Cancer I nsl 1991;83:226-7.
23. Koroltchouk V, Stanley K, Stjcrnsward J. The control of breast canccr: a World Health Organization perspective. Cancer 1990;65:2803-10
24. Aines CJ: Breast self-examination. Cancer 1989; 64 (12 suppl):266l-3.
25. O'Malky MS. Fletcher SW. Screening for breast cancer with breast self-examination: a critical review. JAMA 1987;257:2196-203.
26. Baines CJ. Breast self-examination: the known and the unknown. In: Day NE, Miller AB, eds. Screening for breast cancer. Toronto, Ontario. Canada: Hans Huber, 1988:85-91.
27. National Task Force on Breast Cancer Control. Mammography 1982: a statement of the American Canccr Society. CA 1982;32:226-30.