Impact of mammography screening programmes on breast cancer mortality in Switzerland, a country with different regional screening policies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the past decades, mortality due to breast cancer has declined considerably in Switzerland and other developed countries. The reasons for this decline remain controversial as several factors occurred almost simultaneously, including important advances in treatment approaches, breast cancer awareness and the introduction of mammography screening programmes in many European countries. In Switzerland, mammography screening programmes (MSPs) have existed in some regions for over 20 years but do not yet exist in others. This offers the possibility to analyse its effects with modern spatiotemporal methodology. We aimed to assess the spatiotemporal patterns and the effect of MSPs on breast cancer mortality.

Setting

Switzerland.

Participants

The study covers br

SUBMITTER: Herrmann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857683 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature