Open AccessUsing a population‐based cancer reporting system to evaluate a breastcancer detection and awareness program
Author(s) -
Remington Patrick L.,
Lantz Paula M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.42.6.367
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , cancer , population , family medicine , gerontology , environmental health , oncology , medical physics , demography , sociology
During May 1987, a total of 10,207 Wisconsin women were screened as partof a statewide Breast Cancer Detection and Awareness program sponsored bythe Wisconsin Division of the American Cancer Society. Data from apopulation‐based cancer reporting system were used to predict the number ofexpected breast cancer cases for that year. After controlling for secularand seasonal trends, we found that, compared with the number of cases thatwould have been expected, 51 more cases of localized breast cancer werediagnosed in the state during the time of the program. This studydemonstrates the public health impact of a statewide screening program andthe usefulness of a cancer reporting system in program evaluation.