Abstract
The NHS breast screening programme was introduced in 1988 following the report of a committee, which recommended that women aged 50—64 years should be screened every 3 years, but also concluded that for different age groups the optimum screening interval may not be the same and that this should have a high research priority. 1 We now describe the frequency with which cancers present between screening appointments (interval cancers) in relation to age at time of screening. Interval cancers provide ...
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 472 |
| Journal | The Lancet |
| Volume | 349 |
| Issue number | 9050 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 1997 |
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Keywords
- breast screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
- General Health Professions
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