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Breast Cancer Epidemiology
New data from A. Anttila et al illuminate research in breast cancer epidemiology
March 13th, 2008
New research, 'Impacts of the Finnish service screening programme on breast cancer rates,' is the subject of a report. "The aim of the current study was to examine impacts of the Finnish breast cancer (BC) screening programme on the population-based incidence and mortality rates. The programme has been historically targeted to a rather narrow age band, mainly women of ages 50-59 years," scientists writing in the journal BMC Public Health report. "The study was based on the information on breast cancer during 1971-2003 from the files of the Finnish Cancer Registry. Incidence, cause-specific mortality as well as incidence-based (refined) mortality from BC were...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-13)
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