Open AccessImpact of mammographic screening and advanced cancer definition on the percentage of advanced-stage cancers in a steady-state breast screening programme in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Linda de Munck,
Sabine Siesling,
Jacques Fracheboud,
Gerard J. den Heeten,
Mireille J. M. Broeders,
Geertruida H. de Bock
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.833
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1532-1827
pISSN - 0007-0920
DOI - 10.1038/s41416-020-0968-6
Subject(s) - overdiagnosis , medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , mammography , breast cancer , gynecology , oncology , mammography screening , confidence interval , cancer , biology , paleontology
To estimate the percentages of advanced-stage breast cancers (BCs) detected during the course of a steady-state screening programme when using different definitions of advanced BC.