Mammography screening reduces rates of advanced and fatal breast cancers: Results in 549,091 women.
Stephen W DuffyLászló TabárAmy Ming-Fang YenPeter B DeanRobert A SmithHåkan JonssonSven TörnbergSam Li-Sheng ChenSherry Yueh-Hsia ChiuJean Ching-Yuan FannMay Mei-Sheng KuWendy Yi-Ying WuChen-Yang HsuYu-Ching ChenGunilla SvaneEdward AzavedoHelene GrundströmPer SundénKarin LeiflandEwa FrodisJoakim RamosBirgitta EpsteinAnders ÅkerlundAnn SundbomPál BordásHans WallinLeena StarckAnnika BjörkgrenStina CarlsonIrma FredrikssonJohan AhlgrenDaniel ÖhmanLars HolmbergTony Hsiu-Hsi ChenPublished in: Cancer (2020)
Substantial reductions in the incidence rate of breast cancers that were fatal within 10 years after diagnosis and in the advanced breast cancer rate were found in this contemporaneous comparison of women participating versus those not participating in screening. These benefits appeared to be independent of recent changes in treatment regimens.