Assessment of the early impact of the population-based breast cancer screening programme in Florence (Italy) using mortality and surrogate measures

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 568-573

  Paci, E ^a   Giorgi, D ^a   Bianchi, S ^b   Vezzosi, V ^b   Zappa, M ^a   Crocetti, E ^a   Rosselli del Turco, M ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early diagnosis; Mortality; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036188989     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(01)00382-3     Document Type: Article

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