Overdiagnosis in the population-based organized breast cancer screening program estimated by a non-homogeneous multi-state model: a cohort study using individual data with long-term follow-up.

Background: Overdiagnosis, defined as the detection of a cancer that would not become clinically apparent in a woman's lifetime without screening, has become a growing concern. Similar underlying risk of breast cancer in the screened and control groups is a prerequisite for unbiased estimates of ove...

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Published in:Breast Cancer Research Vol. 20; no. 1
Main Authors: Wu, Wendy Yi-Ying, Törnberg, Sven, Elfström, Klara Miriam, Liu, Xijia, Nyström, Lennarth, Jonsson, Håkan
Format: research Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 12/17/2018
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