Annals of Oncology 14:1206-1208, 2003
© 2003 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Evaluation of the UK breast screening programmes
Cancer Research UK Department of Epidemiology, Mathematics and Statistics, Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine, London, UK
Received 15 July 2002; accepted 3 April 2003
National breast screening programmes were set up in the UK in the early 1990s. Although they are quality-assured and publish process measures of performance, there is a lack of data linking the screening process to breast cancer mortality. A new analysis of trends in England and Wales suggests that the effect of screening has been to reduce mortality by 8% over 10 years in those eligible for screening in 1990.
Key words: breast cancer, mammography, predicted mortality, screening, trends
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