Are breast cancer screening programmes increasing rates of mastectomy? Observational study

BMJ. 2002 Aug 24;325(7361):418. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7361.418.
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MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Mammography
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
  • Mastectomy / methods
  • Mastectomy / statistics & numerical data*
  • Mastectomy, Radical / statistics & numerical data
  • Mastectomy, Segmental / statistics & numerical data
  • Middle Aged