Balancing the benefits and detriments among women targeted by the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program

Conclusion The benefit–detriment ratio estimates of the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program, expressed as lives saved from breast cancer death and epidemiologic over-diagnosis, should be interpreted with care due to substantial uncertainties in the estimates, and the differences in the scale of values of the events compared.

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Source: Journal of Medical Screening - November 3, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hofvind, S., Roman, M., Sebuodegard, S., Falk, R. S. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research