Effect of mammography screening on the long-term survival of breast cancer patients: results from the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated the effect of mammography screening on the long-term survival of breast cancer (BC) patients aged 40 years or older according to their screening history and duration since screening.

Methods

The study cohort was organized from 3 nationwide databases of the Korean National Cancer Screening Program, the Korean Central Cancer Registry, and death certificates. We included 24,387 women diagnosed with invasive BC or ductal carcinoma in situ in 2008 and 2009 and followed up until December 31, 2019. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to investigate the effect of BC screening on the risk of death.

Results

Overall, 20,916 of 24,387 patients (85.8%) were alive at the end of the follow-up period (median: 10.5 years). The long-term surv

SUBMITTER: Luu XQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106549 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature