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3093391

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-11-14
pubmed:abstractText
In a rural area near Florence a population-based screening program for breast cancer was started in 1970, offering a mammography test every 2.5 years to all women between 40 and 70 years of age. In order to evaluate the efficacy of this program a case-control study has been carried out comparing the screening history of all women who died from breast cancer in this area in the years 1977-1984, and who had been diagnosed after the start of the program, with that of a matched group of living controls. The case-control study showed that the overall O.R. of dying from breast cancer in the study period for "screened" versus "never-screened" women was 0.53 (95% C.I. = 0.29-0.95). After evaluation of other variables as potential confounders the adjusted O.R. estimates were respectively 0.57 (95% C.I. = 0.35-0.92) and 0.32 (95% C.I. = 0.20-0.52) for women screened only once or at least twice. No significant protective effect was shown for women below the age of 50 years.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
501-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
A case-control study of the efficacy of a non-randomized breast cancer screening program in Florence (Italy).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't