Population statistics indicate that age-adjusted breast-cancer mortality rates began to
decline during the early 1990s in many developed countries. For several decades before …

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Introduction Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the world; in …

Background The long term effect of mammographic service screening is not well
established. We aimed to assess the long-term effect of mammographic screening on death …

In 2000, we reported that there is no reliable evidence that screening for breast cancer
reduces mortality. As we discuss here, a Cochrane review has now confirmed and …

Summary Background The Edinburgh randomised trial of breastcancer screening recruited
women aged 45–64 years from 1978 to 1981 (cohort 1), and those aged 45–49 years during …

In general, rates of breast cancer are lower in low-income and middle-income countries
(LMCs) than they are in more industrialised countries of North America and Europe. This …

The health burden of cancer is increasing in China, with more than 1· 6 million people being
diagnosed and 1· 2 million people dying of the disease each year. As in most other …

Background A 1999 study found no decrease in breast-cancer mortality in Sweden, where
screening has been recommended since 1985. We therefore reviewed the methodological …

Between 1979 and 1981 the UK Trial of Early Detection of Breast Cancer enrolled women
aged 45-64 living in eight locations in the United Kingdom. Annual screening by clinical …

The worldwide burden of cancer is substantial and growing. More than one in six deaths
globally are due to cancer, with 19 million new cancer cases and 10 million new cancer …