Observed and Predicted Risk of Breast Cancer Death in Randomized Trials on Breast Cancer Screening.

BACKGROUND:The role of breast screening in breast cancer mortality declines is debated. Screening impacts cancer mortality through decreasing the number of advanced cancers with poor diagnosis, while cancer treatment works through decreasing the case-fatality rate. Hence, reductions in cancer death...

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Main Authors: Philippe Autier, Mathieu Boniol, Michel Smans, Richard Sullivan, Peter Boyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4839680?pdf=render