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Projecting mammographic screens
Author(s) -
Nick Parr,
John Boyages,
Richard J. K. Taylor,
P. Anura,
Timothy Callaghan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of medical screening
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-5793
pISSN - 0969-1413
DOI - 10.1136/jms.7.3.146
Subject(s) - attrition , context (archaeology) , medicine , population , demography , mammography , breast cancer screening , breast screening , population projection , baseline (sea) , breast cancer , cancer , environmental health , population growth , geography , oceanography , dentistry , archaeology , sociology , geology
The purpose of mammographic screening is to reduce mortality from breast cancer. This study describes a method for projecting the number of screens to be performed by a mammographic screening programme, and applies this method in the context of New South Wales, Australia.

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