title: Is the incidence of breast cancer declining?
abstract: It has been suggested that the incidence of breast cancer has been declining since the year 2000. This apparent trend may be at least partially explained by a decline in the prevalence of undiagnosed precancerous and early cancerous lesions in the breast, resulting from screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: MacMahon
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008327:Mammography; D018426:SEER Program; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology