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...
| Published in: | Breast Cancer Research Vol. 20; no. 1 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | research Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
12/17/2018
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |