Incidence of advanced-stage breast cancer in regular participants of a mammography screening program: a prospective register-based study

Abstract Background The European Guidelines for breast cancer screening suggest that the impact of population-based mammography screening programmes (MSP) may be assessed using the relative reduction in the incidence of advanced breast cancer (ABC, that is, stage UICC II and higher) as a surrogate i...

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Main Authors: Laura Khil, Jan Heidrich, Ina Wellmann, Vanessa Kääb-Sanyal, Stefanie Weigel, Walter Heindel, Hans-Werner Hense, Oliver Heidinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-6646-5