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- Larsson, LG, et al.
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The Swedish randomised mammography screening trials: analysis of their effect on the breast cancer related excess mortality
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Ingår i: Journal of medical screening. - : SAGE Publications. - 0969-1413 .- 1475-5793. ; 3:3, s. 129-32
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- –To apply an indirect method for estimation of the breast cancer related excess mortality in the Swedish randomised mammography screening trials.Setting–Randomised trials on mammography screening have, in Sweden, been performed in the counties of Kopparberg (W) and Östergötland (E), the so called WE study, and in the three largest cities in Sweden, Stockholm (southern part), Gothenburg, and Malmö. An overview of the trials was presented in the Lancet in 1993 and included 156 911 women in the invited group and 125 866 in the control group.Methods–The excess mortality in the breast cancer subgroups was estimated by indirect standardisation using official national cause of death statistics according to Statistics Sweden as a reference. Results—The estimated reduction of the breast cancer related mortality was 24% for the whole group (40–74 years at randomisation). The corresponding figures for the age groups 40–49, 50–59, and 60–69 years were 6%, 28%, and 34% respectively.Conclusion–The results are very similar to those presented earlier based on the traditional comparison of the breast cancer mortality in the invited and in the control group. This analysis further strengthens previous reports on a beneficial effect of mammography screening, which is especially pronounced in the age group 50–69.
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- Nystrom, L, et al.
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An overview of the Swedish randomised mammography trials: total mortality pattern and the representivity of the study cohorts
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Ingår i: Journal of medical screening. - : SAGE Publications. - 0969-1413 .- 1475-5793. ; 3:2, s. 85-7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- –To analyse the cause of death pattern in the cohorts of women included in the Swedish randomised mammography screening trials by comparing the groups of invited and control women both with each other and with the general population of Swedish women. Setting –Since 1977 four randomised trials of mammography screening have been performed in Sweden: Malmö, Kopparberg and ÖOstergötland (the two county trial), Stockholm, and Gothenburg. Design –Overview of four randomised mammography screening trials. Results –The total numbers of deaths in the invited and control groups respectively were 15 695 and 11 887 corresponding to a relative risk (RR) of 1.00. There were no significant differences between the invited and control groups for cause-specific mortality, except for breast cancer. When the total mortality in the invited and the control groups was compared with that for Swedish women in general the standardised mortality ratio was close to 100. Conclusions –The cause of death pattern in the invited group was, except for breast cancer, very similar to that in the control group, showing that the groups were comparable. Similarly, the total mortality including breast cancer mortality in the control group was almost identical to that in Swedish women in general. The same was true, with the exception of breast cancer, for the invited group. These observations confirm that the trial cohorts are representative of Swedish women and indicate that the quantitative results from these trials may safely be generalised to the Swedish population.
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