Screening: is breast cancer overdiagnosed?
Nat Rev Clin Oncol
; 6(12): 682-3, 2009 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19942923
Jørgensen and Gøtzsche quantified the degree of overdiagnosis of breast cancer in five publicly organized mammography screening programs in different parts of the world. overall, they estimated a total degree of breast cancer (including carcinoma in situ) overdiagnosis of 52%, while overdiagnosis for invasive breast cancer was 35%, a finding with potential implications for both clinical practice and public health.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Mama
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Mamografia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Rev Clin Oncol
Assunto da revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália
País de publicação:
Reino Unido