Evaluation of the UK breast screening programmes.
National breast screening programmes were set up in the UK in the early 1990s. Although they are quality-assured and publish process measures of performance, there is a lack of data linking the screening process to breast cancer mortality. A new analysis of trends in England and Wales suggests that the effect of screening has been to reduce mortality by 8% over 10 years in those eligible for screening in 1990.
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Cancer Research UK Department of Epidemiology, Mathematics and Statistics, Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine, London, UK. peter.sasieni@cancer.org.uk
D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis; D006113:United Kingdom