Overdiagnosis of breast cancer in Norway: What have the authors adjusted for?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2754-2755

  Zahl, Per Henrik ^a   Suhrke, Pål ^b   Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

breast cancer; ductal carcinoma in situ; mammography screening; overdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR INVASION;

BREAST CANCER; DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING; OVERDIAGNOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 84884900678     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28248     Document Type: Letter

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