The Swedish randomised mammography screening trials: Analysis of their effect on the breast cancer related excess mortality

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-132

  Larsson, Lars Gunnar ^a   Nyström, Lennarth ^b   Wall, Stig ^b   Rutqvist, Larserik ^c   Andersson, Ingvar ^d   Bjurstam, Nils ^e   Fagerberg, Gunnar ^f   Frisell, Jan ^g   Tabár, László ^h  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Mammography Section   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

breast cancer; mammography; mortality; randomisation; trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030340771     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139600300305     Document Type: Article

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