title: [Effectiveness and monitoring of breast cancer screening programs].
abstract: Several experimental and non experimental studies have shown that mammography every 2-3 years can reduce mortality for breast cancer in women over 50 of about the 30%. On this basis, in the last few years several programmes, population-based, have been organised at Regional and National level in Europe. In this paper the main process indicators useful to assess early the impact of a screening programme are discussed. The proposal of a system for the programme evaluation is mainly based on the experience of the Two County Study, in Sweden, the most important randomised clinical trial in this field.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Epidemiologia, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Firenze.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paci
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis