Mammographic breast cancer screening: After the dust has settled

Breast

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 351-356

  Boyle, Peter ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYMPOSIUM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0346888601     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(03)00135-8     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Cuzick J, Powles T, Veronesi U, Forbes J, Edwards R, Ashley S, Boyle P. Overview of main outcomes in Breast Cancer Prevention Trials. Lancet 2003; 361: 296-300.
2. Shapiro S, Strax M D, Venet L. Periodic breast cancer screening in reducing mortality from breast cancer. JAMA 1971; 215: 1777-1785.
3. Tabar L, Faberberg G, Day N E, Holmberg L. What is the optimum interval between mammographic screening examinations? An analysis based on the latest results of the Swedish two-county breast cancer screening trial. Br J Cancer 1987; 55(5): 547-551.
4. Gøtzsche P C, Olsen O. Is screening for breast cancer with mammography justifiable? Lancet 2000; 355: 129-134.
5. Olsen O, Gøtzsche PC. Cochrane review on screening for breast cancer with mammography. Lancet 2001; 358: 1340-1342.
6. Tabar L, Vitak B, Chen H H, Yen M F, Duffy S W, Smith R A. Beyond randomised controlled trials: organized mammographic screening substantially reduces breast cancer mortality. Cancer 2001; 91: 1724-1731.
7. Nyström L, Andersson I, Bjurstam N, Frisell J, Nordenskjöld B, Rutqvist L E. Long-term effects of mammography screening: updated overview of the Swedish randomised trials. Lancet 2002; 359: 909-919.
8. IARC Working Group. Mammographic Screening. IARC Press, 2002.
9. Humphrey L L, Helfand M, Chan B K, Woolf S H. Breast cancer screening: a summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2002; 137(5 Part 2): 347-360.
10. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for breast cancer: recommendations and rationale. Ann Intern Med 2002; 137(5 Part 1): 344-346.
11. Duffy S W, Tabar L, Smith R A. The Mammographic Screening Trials: Commentary on the recent work of Olsen and Gøtzsche. J Surg Oncol 2002; 81: 159-166.
12. Nyström L, Larsson L G. Breast cancer screening with mammography. Lancet 1993; 341: 1531-1532.
13. Overgaard J, Bartelink H. Breast cancer survival advantage with radiotherapy. Lancet 2000; 356: 1269-1270.
14. Wingo P A, Guest J L, McGinnis L et al. Patterns of inpatient surgeries for the top four cancers in the United States, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1988-95. Cancer Causes Control 2000; 11: 497-512.
15. European Commission Quality Control Guidelines for Mammographic Screening, 2nd Edition. European Commission, Brussels, 1996.