Overdiagnosis associated with breast cancer screening: A simulation study to compare lead-time adjustment methods

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1128-1135

  Seigneurin, A ^a,b   Labarere J ^a,b   Duffy, S W ^c   Colonna, M ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Incidence; Lead time; Mass screening; Overdiagnosis; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER PATIENT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LEBANESE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE EAST; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SMOKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84951570056     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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