Effect of Screening and Adjuvant Therapy on Mortality from Breast Cancer

A. Berry, Donald; A. Cronin, Kathleen; K. Plevritis, Sylvia; G. Fryback, Dennis; Clarke, Lauren; Zelen, Marvin; S. Mandelblatt, Jeanne; Y. Yakovlev, Andrei; Dik F. Habbema, J.; J. Feuer, Eric

doi:10.1056/nejmoa050518

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Effect of Screening and Adjuvant Therapy on Mortality from Breast Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 26, 2005

Authors:

Donald A. Berry

Kathleen A. Cronin

Sylvia K. Plevritis

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We used modeling techniques to assess the relative and absolute contributions of screening mammography and adjuvant treatment to the reduction in breast-cancer mortality in the United States from 1975 to 2000. METHODS: A consortium of investigators developed seven independent statistical...

Subject

Medicine

Breast cancer

Mammography

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