The impact of organised screening programmes on the stage-specific incidence of breast cancer in some Italian areas

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1776-1782

  Buiatti, E ^a   Barchielli, A ^a   Bartolacci, S ^a   Federico, M ^a   De Lisi, V ^a   Bucchi, L ^a   Ferretti, S ^a   Paci, E ^a   Segnan, N ^a   Tumino, R ^a   Balzi, D ^a   Negri, R ^a   Artioli, E ^a   Falcini, F ^a   Crocetti, E ^a   Giorgi, D ^a   Finarelli, A C ^a   Ponti, A ^a   Ronco, G ^a   Vettorazzi, M ^a   Patriarca, S ^a   Rosso, S ^a   Zanetti, R ^a   more..

^a Local Health Unit 10   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer registry; Incidence; Mammographic screening; Stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041346023     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00322-8     Document Type: Article

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