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Screening is associated with lower mastectomy rates in eastern Switzerland beyond stage effects

BACKGROUND: A recent study found an influence of organized mammography screening programmes (MSPs) on geographical and temporal variation of mastectomy rates. We aimed to quantify the effect on the example of one of the cantonal programmes in Switzerland. METHODS: We used incidence data for the year...

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Autores principales: Herrmann, Christian, Morant, Rudolf, Walser, Esther, Mousavi, Mohsen, Thürlimann, Beat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7936440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33676446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-07917-2