Mastectomy rates are decreasing in the era of service screening: a population-based study in Italy (1997–2001)
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- 17 October 2006
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 95 (9), 1265-1268
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603405
Abstract
We enrolled all 2162 in situ and 21 148 invasive cases of breast cancer in 17 areas of Italy, diagnosed in 1997–2001. Rates of early cancer increased by 13.7% in the screening age group (50–69 years), and breast conserving surgery by 24.6%. Advanced cancer rates decreased by 19.4%, and mastectomy rates by 24.2%. Service screening did not increase mastectomy rates in the study population.Keywords
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