Effect of population-based screening on breast cancer mortality

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9805, 2011, Pages 1775-1776

  Bock, Karin ^a   Borisch, Bettina ^b   Cawson, Jenny ^c   Damtjernhaug, Berit ^d   De Wolf, Chris ^e   Dean, Peter ^f   Den Heeten, Ard ^g   Doyle, Gregory ^h   Fox, Rosemary ⁱ   Frigerio, Alfonso ^j   Gilbert, Fiona ^k   Hecht, Gerold ^l   Heindel, Walter ^m   Heywang Köbrunner, Sylvia Helen ⁿ   Holland, Roland ^o   Jones, Fran ^p   Lernevall, Anders ^q   Madai, Silvia ^r   Mairs, Adrian ^s   Muller, Jennifer ^t   Nisbet, Patric ^u   O'Doherty, Ann ^v   Patnick, Julietta ^w   Perry, Nick ^x   Regitz Jedermann, Lisa ^y   Rickard, Mary ^z   Rodrigues, Vitor ^aa   Del Turco, Marco Rosselli ^ab   Scharpantgen, Astrid ^ac   Schwartz, Walter ^ad   Seradour, Brigitte ^ae   Skaane, Per ^af   Tabar, Laszlo ^ag   Tornberg, Sven ^ah   Ursin, Giske ^ai   Van Limbergen, Erik ^aj   Vandenbroucke, Anne ^ak   Warren, Linda J ^al   Warwick, Lee ^am   Yaffe, Martin ^an   Zappa, Marco ^ao   more..

^a National Reference Center South West   (Germany)

^b Europa Donna: the European Breast Cancer Coalition   (Italy)

^c St Vincent's BreastScreen   (Australia)

^d Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme   (Norway)

^e Swiss Breast Cancer Screening Federation   (Switzerland)

^f TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g Expertise and Training Center for Breast Cancer Screening   (Netherlands)

^h National Committee Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Initiative   (Canada)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^j Regional Breast Cancer Screening Programme   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^l National Reference Center North   (Germany)

^m National Reference Center Münster   (Germany)

ⁿ National Reference Center Munich   (Germany)

^o German Population Based Breast Screening Programme   (Netherlands)

^p The Sydney Square Breast Clinic   (Australia)

^q Central Denmark Region   (Denmark)

^r MaMMa Healthcare Institute   (Hungary)

^s Northern Ireland Breast Screening Programme   (United Kingdom)

^t QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^u Jersey Breast Screening Service   (United Kingdom)

^v Breast Screening   (Ireland)

^w NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^x European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis   (United Kingdom)

^y National Reference Center Berlin   (Germany)

^z UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^aa Portuguese Central Region Breast Cancer Screening Programme   (Portugal)

^ab EUREF   (Italy)

^ac Programmes Prévention Cancer Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^ad ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^ae Programme National de Dépistage   (France)

^af Mammography Screening   (Norway)

^ag FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^ah Stockholm Gotland Regional Cancer Screening Programmes   (Sweden)

^ai CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^aj UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^ak Cancer Screening   (Belgium)

^al UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^am Northern Sydney and Central Coast Local Health Districts   (Australia)

^an ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^ao Italian National Centre for Screening Monitoring   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81555216021     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61766-2     Document Type: Letter

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