Trends in breast cancer mortality in Sweden before and after implementation of mammography screening.

Trends in breast cancer mortality in Sweden before and after implementation of mammography screening.

<h4>Background</h4>Incidence-based mortality modelling comparing the risk of breast cancer death in screened and unscreened women in nine Swedish counties has suggested a 39% risk reduction in women 40 to 69 years old after introduction of mammography screening in the 1980s and 1990s.<...

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Main Authors: Jari Haukka, Graham Byrnes, Mathieu Boniol, Philippe Autier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21966354/pdf/?tool=EBI

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