Mammography screening reduces rates of advanced and fatal breast cancers: Results in 549,091 women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is of paramount importance to evaluate the impact of participation in organized mammography service screening independently from changes in breast cancer treatment. This can be done by measuring the incidence of fatal breast cancer, which is based on the date of diagnosis and not on the date of death.

Methods

Among 549,091 women, covering approximately 30% of the Swedish screening-eligible population, the authors calculated the incidence rates of 2473 breast cancers that were fatal within 10 years after diagnosis and the incidence rates of 9737 advanced breast cancers. Data regarding each breast cancer diagnosis and the cause and date of death of each breast cancer case were gathered from national Swedish registries. Tumor characteristics were collected from re

SUBMITTER: Duffy SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7318598 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature