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Monitoring the Impact of a Breast Cancer Screening Programme

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Several experimental and non-experimental studies support the conclusion that mammographic screening is an effective tool in reducing breast cancer mortality in women older than 50 [1]. On the basis of the evidence of efficacy, screening programmes have been started or planned at national or regional level in Europe.

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  1. Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Epidemiology Unit, Viale A. Volta 171, 50131, Florence, Italy

    Eugenio Paci

  2. Medical Research Council, Biostatistic Unit, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 2BW, UK

    Nicholas E. Day

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  1. Department of Clinical Pathology and Cytology, Falun Hospital, 791 82, Falun, Sweden

    Adel Gad M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Viale A. Volta, 171, 50131, Firenze, Italy

    Marco Rosselli Del Turco M.D.

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Paci, E., Day, N.E. (1993). Monitoring the Impact of a Breast Cancer Screening Programme. In: Gad, A., Del Turco, M.R. (eds) Breast Cancer Screening in Europe. ESO Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78154-4_14

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