Lead-time models produce far too low estimates of overdiagnosis with mammographic screening

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1098-

  Gøtzsche, Peter C ^a   Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl ^a   Zahl, Per Henrik ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK REDUCTION; TUMOR VOLUME; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84928097307     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.08.008     Document Type: Letter

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