Increasing incidence of breast cancer: Distinguishing between the effects of birth cohort and a national breast screening programme

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 603-607

  Brown, Sylvia B F ^a   Morrison, David S ^b   Cooke, Timothy G ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Cohort; Epidemiology; Incidence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349576209     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0205-0     Document Type: Article

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