NHS breast screening programme : is the high incidence of interval cancers inevitable ?

Asbury et al report how the occurrence of true interval breast cancers varies with time from screening. Shortening the screening interval in the UK's NHS breast screening program is the only way to reduce the number of true interval cancers.

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Published inBMJ. British medical journal (International ed.) Vol. 313; no. 7069; pp. 1369 - 1370
Main Authors ASBURY, D, BOGGIS, C. R. M, SHEALS, D, THRELFALL, A. G, WOODMAN, C. B. J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Association 30.11.1996
BMJ Publishing Group
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Breast cancer
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Mammary gland diseases
Medical sciences
Medical screening
Tumors
United Kingdom
UK
Human
Mammary gland diseases
Radiodiagnosis
Time interval
Mammography
Mammary gland
Malignant tumor
Medical screening
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Summary:Asbury et al report how the occurrence of true interval breast cancers varies with time from screening. Shortening the screening interval in the UK's NHS breast screening program is the only way to reduce the number of true interval cancers.
ISSN:0959-8146