Asymptomatic breast cancer in non-participants of the national screening programme in Norway: a confounding factor in evaluation?

Conclusions A considerable percentage of breast cancers detected outside the organized screening programme were asymptomatic, with a prognostic profile comparable with screening-detected breast cancers in the NBCSP. Individual data regarding the detection method for all breast cancers are needed for a complete evaluation of the organized screening programme in Norway.
Source: Journal of Medical Screening - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research