PMID: 700891Sep 15, 1978Paper

Failure of selective screening for breast cancer by combining risk factors

International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer
I Soini, M Hakama

Abstract

The possibilities of selective screening to reduce the costs of screening programmes for breast cancer were considered. Discriminant function analysis was used in an effort to describe a high-risk group of breast cancer, which will be subjected to screening. The high-risk group consisted of females with a combination of reproductive and hormone use characteristics. One-fifth of the breast cancer cases remained in the low-risk group, when the high-risk group was small enough (two-thirds of the population) to yield a meaningful reduction in costs. Selective screening for breast cancer seems to have only limited applicability and is not effective enough for application in public health work.

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Jan 1, 1993·Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. Supplement·M T RuffinD E Brenner
May 1, 1997·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology·A McTiernanC Redmond
Dec 1, 1979·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·M HakamaP Saastamoinen
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Sep 1, 1982·Preventive Medicine·J J MulvihillJ K Bening
Jan 1, 1990·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology·E NegriE Marubini

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