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Breast Cancer
Findings from M. Bare and co-authors provide new insights into breast cancer
October 30th, 2008
"The frequency of interval cancers (IC) can be an indicator inversely related to the quality of a breast screening programme. The objectives were to estimate the frequency of IC, to classify IC by posterior radiological review, and to describe the prognostic factors of these IC," investigators in Sabadell, Spain report. "The setting was the Sabadell-Cerdanyola Breast Cancer Screening Programme, in Northeast Spain. We developed a population-based study of the IC occurring in the first three rounds (1995-2001). The indicators used were the incidence rate of invasive IC per 10 000 women screened and the proportional incidence, stratified by age group, type of screening and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-30)
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