Are increases in mammographic screening still a valid explanation for trends in breast cancer incidence in the United States?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 135-144

  Wun, Lap Ming ^a   Feuer, Eric J ^a   Miller, Barry A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age cohort model; breast cancer incidence; lead time effect; screening mammography; secular trend; United States

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028964970     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052774     Document Type: Article

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