Effect of implementation of the mass breast cancer screening programme in older women in the Netherlands: population based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the incidence of early stage and advanced stage breast cancer before and after the implementation of mass screening in women aged 70-75 years in the Netherlands in 1998.

Design

Prospective nationwide population based study.

Setting

National cancer registry, the Netherlands.

Participants

Patients aged 70-75 years with a diagnosis of invasive or ductal carcinoma in situ breast cancer between 1995 and 2011 (n=25,414). Incidence rates were calculated using population data from Statistics Netherlands.

Main outcome measure

Incidence rates of early stage (I, II, or ductal carcinoma in situ) and advanced stage (III and IV) breast cancer before and after implementation of screening. Hypotheses were formulated before data collection.

Results

SUBMITTER: de Glas NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4164134 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature