Mammographic screening in women with a family history of breast cancer: some results from the Swedish two-county trial.

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Authors

Chen HH, Nixon RM, Pharoah P, Krusemo UB, Duffy SW, Tabas M, Prevost TC

Affiliation

MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Cambridge, CB2 2SR, UK. richard.nixon@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of mammographic screening in women with a family history of breast cancer to those without. In the invited arm of a randomised trial of breast cancer screening, data on family history of breast cancer were available on 29.179 women aged 40-74 attending for screening. Among those women, 358 were diagnosed with breast cancer during the trial.

PMID
11011299

Publication types

Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Controlled Clinical Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies