Mass screening for breast cancer.

Breast Cancer and Screening

سرطان پستان یکی از شایع ترین بیماریهای بدخیم و اولین علت مرگ و میر زنان بوده و تقریبا یک سوم تمام سرطانهای زنان را تشکیل می دهد.

Is mass screening for breast cancer cost-effective?

WHY IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING STILL DISCUSSED? Curative therapy for breast cancer detected at an advanced stage is insufficient. Breast cancer screening is designed to detect tumours at such an early stage that they can still be treated effectively. The chance of dying of breast cancer is thus reduced for those women who participate in high quality screening. Various trial...

Screening for breast cancer.

Clearly breast cancer in women aged over 50 fulfils the first two criteria, but it is the third point that is inconsistent with the 3-yearly programme proposed in the UK. The ‘sojourn’ time is the duration of time that an occult tumour can be detected before the onset of symptoms. Applying this to breast cancer (for the average non-screening-detected breast cancer of 1 2 cm) it has been estimat...

Screening for breast cancer.

CONTEXT Breast cancer screening in community practices may be different from that in randomized controlled trials. New screening modalities are becoming available. OBJECTIVES To review breast cancer screening, especially in the community and to examine evidence about new screening modalities. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SELECTION English-language articles of randomized controlled trials assessin...

Screening for breast cancer.