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Breast Cancer
New findings reported from E. Kellen and co-authors describe advances in breast cancer
September 4th, 2008
" To assess the occurrence of interval breast cancers among those women who attended the mammography screening programme in the Belgian province of Limburg. Interval cancers are tumours that are being diagnosed before the next scheduled screening round and are related to the sensitivity and the screening interval," researchers in Louvain, Belgium report. " Biennial screening is provided to all women aged 50-69. The records of the screening programme were linked to those of the cancer registry. The interval cancer rate, expressed as a proportion of the underlying (expected) breast cancer incidence rate was calculated. The observed interval cancer incidence is the number...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-09-04)
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